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Aileron having the nose portion projecting ahead of the hinge line. When the trailing edge of the aileron moves up, the nose projects below the wing’s lower surface and produces some parasite drag, decreasing the amount of adverse yaw.
Industry:Aviation
The characteristic of a gyroscope that prevents its axis of rotation tilting as the Earth rotates.
Industry:Aviation
The principle that a wheel with a heavily weighted rim spinning rapidly will remain in a fixed position in the plane in which it is spinning.
Industry:Aviation
Ice crystal deposits formed by sublimation when temperature and dewpoint are below freezing.
Industry:Aviation
Rough, milky, opaque ice formed by the instantaneous freezing of small supercooled water droplets.
Industry:Aviation
The expendable part of the load of the airplane. It includes only usable fuel, not fuel required to fill the lines or that which remains trapped in the tank sumps.
Industry:Aviation
Pilot skills of instrument cross-check, instrument interpretation, and aircraft control.
Industry:Aviation
There are four fundamental risk elements in aviation: the pilot, the aircraft, the environment, and the type of operation that comprise any given aviation situation.
Industry:Aviation
The section of the airplane that consists of the cabin and/or cockpit, containing seats for the occupants and the controls for the airplane.
Industry:Aviation
