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The product of the weight of an item multiplied by its arm. Moments are expressed in pound-inches (lb-in). Total moment is the weight of the airplane multiplied by the distance between the datum and the CG.
Industry:Aviation
A magnetic compass that consists of an azimuth on a vertical card, resembling a heading indicator with a fixed miniature airplane to accurately present the heading of the aircraft. The design uses eddy current damping to minimise lead and lag during turns.
Industry:Aviation
A condition in the operation of a gas turbine engine in which the fire in the engine goes out due to either too much or too little fuel sprayed into the combustors.
Industry:Aviation
Reduces the vertical separation between flight levels (FL) 290 and 410 from 2,000 feet to 1,000 feet, and makes six additional FLs available for operation. Also see DRVSM.
Industry:Aviation
A cone-shaped volume of airspace directly above a VOR station where no signal is received, causing the CDI to fluctuate.
Industry:Aviation
A rate-of-pressure change instrument that gives an indication of any deviation from a constant pressure level.
Industry:Aviation
Hinged portion of the trailing edge between the ailerons and fuselage. In some aircraft ailerons and flaps are interconnected to produce full-span “flaperons.” In either case, flaps change the lift and drag on the wing.
Industry:Aviation
The circle depicted in the plan view of an IAP chart that typically has a 10 NM radius, within which chart the elements are drawn to scale.
Industry:Aviation
This is a general term, which normally refers to the position of the landing gear and flaps.
Industry:Aviation
