- 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 ...
The molecular arrangement of iron at temperatures between 911°C and 1,392°C.
Industry:Aviation
The most forward location on an aircraft allowed for its loaded center of gravity.
Industry:Aviation
The movable column on which an airplane control wheel is mounted. The yoke may be moved in or out to actuate the elevators, and the control wheel may be rotated to actuate the ailerons.
Industry:Aviation
The movable contact in a potentiometer, rheostat, or wafer-type switch. The wiper is controlled by rotating the shaft that extends through the center of the device, and as the wiper is rotated, it makes contact with a part of the resistance element or with one of the fixed contacts of the switch.
Industry:Aviation
The movable control surface mounted on the trailing edge of the vertical fin of an airplane. The rudder is moved by foot-operated pedals in the cockpit, and movement of the rudder rotates the airplane about its vertical axis.
Industry:Aviation
The movement of electrons through a circuit from the negative terminal of the power source to its positive terminal.
Electron current moves in the direction opposite the direction of the arrowheads in the symbol for a semiconductor diode. These symbols are drawn to follow conventional current, an imaginary flow considered to be from positive to negative. Electron current is the actual movement of electrons.
Industry:Aviation
The moving part of an axial-flow compressor. The rotor is made of a series of disks, containing the compressor blades, that rotate between stages of fixed stator vanes. Air is moved through the engine by the aerodynamic action of the rotor blades.
Industry:Aviation
The name formerly used for Celsius temperature. The name centigrade means 100 graduations.
Industry:Aviation
The name generally used by the British for a wrench. In American usage, a spanner is a special type of wrench with a hook-shaped arm and a hole, pin, or projection in its hooked end. A spanner is used to turn ring-shaped nuts.
Industry:Aviation
