- Industry: Aviation
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Aviation Supplies & Academics, Inc. (ASA) develops and markets aviation supplies, software, and books for pilots, flight instructors, flight engineers, airline professionals, air traffic controllers, flight attendants, aviation technicians and enthusiasts. Established in 1947, ASA also provides ...
A woven metal tube used to encase a wire carrying alternating current. This braid, called shielding, intercepts the electromagnetic field produced by the AC and prevents the field causing radio interference.
Braid can also be flattened and used as a bonding strap, to conduct static electricity away from a component insulated by shock mounts. Bonding helps reduce static electricity that causes radio interference.
Industry:Aviation
A woven, flexible metal covering placed over electrical wiring that carries alternating current. Energy radiated from the wire is intercepted by the braid and carried to ground, rather than allowing it to cause radio interference.
Industry:Aviation
A wrench with an enclosed end shaped with six, eight, or twelve points to fit a square- or hexagonal-head bolt or nut.
Box wrenches can be used in close spaces, and they can be used to apply a greater force than can be applied with an open-end wrench.
Industry:Aviation
A wrinkle or kink in the surface of a sheet metal aircraft structure caused by an excessive bending or compressive load on the structure.
Industry:Aviation
Abnormal, and often violent, vibration of the nose wheel of an airplane. Airplane nose wheel installations must be loose enough to allow them to be steered, but if they are too loose, they will shimmy. Shimmying is prevented by a shimmy damper.
Industry:Aviation
Acetylene gas which has been dissolved, or absorbed, in liquid acetone. Acetylene gas becomes unstable when it is held under pressure of more than about 15 psi, but if it is dissolved in acetone, it can be safely held under a pressure of more than 250 psi.
Industry:Aviation
Adjustment of the drag braces or latch pins of a helicopter rotor blade to align the blades about their lead-lag axis. Blade alignment is sometimes called chordwise balance.
Industry:Aviation
Adjustment of the wings and tail surfaces of an aircraft to give it the proper flight characteristics.
Industry:Aviation
Advice and information provided by an FAA facility to assist pilots in the safe conduct of flight and aircraft movement.
Industry:Aviation
Aerodynamic drag caused by friction between the air and the surfaces of an aircraft over which it is flowing. Profile drag is one of the forms of parasite drag.
Industry:Aviation
