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Current induced in a metal cup or disc when it is crossed by lines of flux from a moving magnet.
Industry:Aviation
Ignition occurring in the cylinder before the time of normal ignition. Preignition is often caused by a local hot spot in the combustion chamber igniting the fuel-air mixture.
Industry:Aviation
The specified forward and aft points within which the CG must be located during flight. These limits are indicated on pertinent airplane specifications.
Industry:Aviation
The total weight of a loaded aircraft, including all fuel. It is greater than the takeoff weight due to the fuel that will be burned during the taxi and runup operations. Ramp weight may also be referred to as taxi weight.
Industry:Aviation
The vertical distance of the airplane above sea level—the actual altitude. It is often expressed as feet above mean sea level (MSL). Airport, terrain, and obstacle elevations on aeronautical charts are true altitudes.
Industry:Aviation
For the purpose of standardization, any flight instrument display that uses LCD or other image-producing system (cathode ray tube (CRT), etc.)
Industry:Aviation
The distance between the forward and aft CG limits indicated on pertinent airplane specifications.
Industry:Aviation
Yellow arc—caution range. Fly within this range only in smooth air, and then, only with caution.
Industry:Aviation
A fuselage design made up of supporting structural members that resist deformation by applied loads. The truss-type fuselage is constructed of steel or aluminium tubing. Strength and rigidity is achieved by welding the tubing together into a series of triangular shapes, called trusses.
Industry:Aviation
The horizontal, movable primary control surface in the tail section, or empennage, of an airplane. The elevator is hinged to the trailing edge of the fixed horizontal stabilizer.
Industry:Aviation
