The Airplane and Its Components |
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CHAPTER PAGE | 1 |
AIRPLANE COMPONENTSEXTERNAL | 10 |
AIRPLANE COMPONENTSINTERNAL | 20 |
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aerodynamic aeronautical aileron Aircraft airfoil airplane airplane's altitude aluminum alloy antenna b.hp bell cranks blade angle brake horsepower cabin cables carburetor carried centrifugal chord cockpit compressed control surfaces control system cooling cowling curve Cyclone cylinders deflection Design characteristics Douglas DC-4 drag duct effective electrical engine Power engine-driven equipment exhaust feet fire flap flight Fowler flap full-throttle fuselage GALCIT Gear Ratio Guggenheim Aeronautical Laboratory gyro heat hence high speed hinge hydraulic impeller increase indicates installation instrument landing gear Landing speed lift lift coefficient loads Lockheed Lockheed 14 Lockheed Lodestar machine guns manifold pressure monoplane motion motor nacelle noise operation ornithopters passenger pilot piston plane pounds per square produce pump radiator radio reduce retractable rudder sea level seaplane ship supercharger tail surfaces take-off tank temperature throttle tion torque tricycle gear trimming tabs turrets usually valves vibration watts weight wheel wing