Thrust reversal, also called reverse thrust, is the temporary diversion of an aircraft engine's thrust for it to act against the forward travel of the...
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Target-type thrust reversal (also called bucket thrust reversal or clamshell thrust reversal) is a deceleration method when an aircraft lands. Like other...
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aircraft equipped with thrust reversal, the control for each thrust reverser is usually found adjacent to the corresponding engine's thrust lever. The position...
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Dimensionless ratio of thrust to weight of a jet or propeller engine Thrust vectoring – Facet of ballistics and aeronautics Thrust reversal – Temporary diversion...
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cowling NACA duct Self-sealing fuel tank Splitter plate Throttle Thrust lever Thrust reversal Townend ring War emergency power Wet wing Landing and arresting...
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Blade pitch (section Reverse thrust)
fine position until the propeller generates thrust in the reverse direction. This is called thrust reversal, and the propeller position is called the beta...
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Soviet Russia" Thrust reversal, the temporary diversion of an aircraft engine's thrust Aristotle's concept of peripeteia, a reversal of circumstances...
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Jet engine (redirect from Jet thrust)
drag Rocket engine nozzle Rocket turbine engine Spacecraft propulsion Thrust reversal Turbojet development at the RAE Variable cycle engine Water injection...
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as a speed brake. List of aircraft braking systems Drogue parachute Thrust reversal Wragg, David W. (1973). A Dictionary of Aviation (first ed.). Osprey...
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cowling NACA duct Self-sealing fuel tank Splitter plate Throttle Thrust lever Thrust reversal Townend ring War emergency power Wet wing Landing and arresting...
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Variable cycle engine (section Specific thrust)
aircraft drag at supercruise, SST engines require a high specific thrust (net thrust/airflow) to minimize the powerplant's cross-sectional area. This implies...
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Turbojet (section Thrust augmentation)
the propelling nozzle where it is accelerated to high speed to provide thrust. Two engineers, Frank Whittle in the United Kingdom and Hans von Ohain in...
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Autothrottle Full Authority Digital Engine/Electronics (FADEC) Thrust lever Thrust reversal Fuel and induction systems Flame holder Jet fuel Other systems...
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Care-free engine handling, with guaranteed thrust settings Ability to use single engine type for wide thrust requirements by just reprogramming the FADECs...
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Autothrottle Full Authority Digital Engine/Electronics (FADEC) Thrust lever Thrust reversal Fuel and induction systems Flame holder Jet fuel Other systems...
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cowling NACA duct Self-sealing fuel tank Splitter plate Throttle Thrust lever Thrust reversal Townend ring War emergency power Wet wing Landing and arresting...
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cowling NACA duct Self-sealing fuel tank Splitter plate Throttle Thrust lever Thrust reversal Townend ring War emergency power Wet wing Landing and arresting...
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Rotating detonation engine (section Chongqing University Industrial Technology Research Institute/Thrust-to-Weight Ratio Engine)
engine produced 4,000 lbf (18 kN) of thrust. NASA has stated their intention to create a 10,000-pound-force (44 kN) thrust unit as the next research step....
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ship, instead of the stern. The equivalent concept for an airplane is thrust reversal. In a sailing ship astern propulsion can be achieved by the appropriate...
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Autothrottle Full Authority Digital Engine/Electronics (FADEC) Thrust lever Thrust reversal Fuel and induction systems Flame holder Jet fuel Other systems...
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pressure surge, is a complete breakdown in compression resulting in a reversal of flow and the violent expulsion of previously compressed air out through...
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airspeed is low, the mass of the air flowing through the propeller disk (thrust) causes a significant amount of tangential or rotational air flow to be...
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mostly those on military supersonic aircraft. Its purpose is to increase thrust, usually for supersonic flight, takeoff, and combat. The afterburning process...
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McDonnell Douglas F-15 STOL/MTD (category Two dimension thrust vectoring aircraft)
runway compared to 7,500 ft (2,300 m) for the standard F-15: 193 Thrust reversal in flight to produce rapid deceleration: 194 The results of the STOL/MTD...
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Propelling nozzle (section Thrust-vectoring)
Airbreathing engines create forward thrust on the airframe by imparting a net rearward momentum to the exhaust gas. If thrust exceeds the resistance incurred...
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floor thrust onto continental plates) is more than about 180 million years (Ma) old, other methods are necessary for detecting older reversals. Most sedimentary...
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crew inadvertently set thrust reversal at the no. 2 and no. 3 engine (inboard engines) while still airborne. The thrust reversal caused the no. 3 engine...
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serviceable mechanical components including the engines whilst the plane's thrust reversal capabilities allows reverse taxiing without the need for tow vehicles...
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VTOL (section Vectored thrust)
Vehicle Testing project of the Japanese Space Agency JAXA Rotor wing Thrust reversal Thrust vectoring Vertical Flight Society Tiltrotor VTOL X-Plane of DARPA...
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backmasking, the recording of sound in reverse Thrust reversal, the reversing of a jet engine's thrust direction Reversing type, a method to highlight...
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