Aircraft Mechanics Handbook: A Collection of Facts and Suggestions from Factory and Flying Field to Assist in Caring for Modern Aircraft |
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Page 376 - A rope, chain, wire, or rod attached to an object to guide or steady it, such as guys to wing, tail, or landing gear.
Page 370 - Kite. — An elongated form of captive balloon, fitted with tail appendages to keep it headed into the wind, and deriving increased lift due to its axis being inclined to the wind.
Page 375 - FLOAT: That portion of the landing gear of an aircraft which provides buoyancy when it is resting on the surface of the water. . FUSELAGE: See Body.
Page 370 - BAROGRAPH: An instrument used to record variations in barometric pressure. In aeronautics the charts on which the records are made are prepared to indicate altitudes directly instead of barometric pressure.
Page 377 - METACENTER : The point of intersection of a vertical line through the center of gravity of the fluid displaced by a floating body when it is tipped through a small angle from its position of equilibrium and the inclined jine which was vertical through the center of gravity of the body when in equilibrium.
Page 381 - STABILITY: The quality of an aircraft in flight which causes it to return to a condition of equilibrium when meeting a disturbance. (This is sometimes called "Dynamical stability.") Directional. — Stability with reference to the vertical axis. Inherent. — Stability of an aircraft due to the disposition and arrangement of its fixed parts. Lateral. — Stability with reference to the longitudinal (or fore and aft) axis. Longitudinal. — Stability with reference to the lateral (or athwartship)...
Page 372 - ... element of an aerofoil, prolonged if necessary, through which at any instant the line of action of the resultant air force passes. Of pressure of a body. — The point on the axis of a body; prolonged if necessary, through which at any instant the line of action of the resultant air force passes.
Page 370 - BALLONET : A small balloon within the interior of a balloon or dirigible for the purpose of controlling the ascent or descent, and for maintaining pressure on the outer envelope so as to prevent deformation. The ballonet is kept inflated with air at the required pressure, under the control of a blower and valves.
Page 373 - A general term applied to the material used in treating the cloth surface of airplane members and balloons to increase strength, produce tautness, and act as a filler to maintain air-tightness; it usually has a cellulose base. DRAG...
Page 275 - The forward bolts pass through the clip at the lower front point of the vertical stabilizer. The bolts which are fastened to the tail post of the fuselage, and engage the after end of the horizontal stabilizer, also engage the lugs fastened to the bottom edge of the vertical stabilizer at the rear. Draw the nuts up tight and lock with cotter pins. The...