An engine-indicating and crew-alerting system (EICAS) is an integrated system used in modern aircraft to provide aircraft flight crew with instrumentation...
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flight display (PFD), multi-function display (MFD), and an engine indicating and crew alerting system (EICAS) display. Early EFIS models used cathode-ray...
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Electronic centralised aircraft monitor (category Technology systems)
to other systems, known as Engine Indicating and Crew Alerting System (EICAS), used by Boeing, Bombardier, COMAC, Dornier, Embraer, Saab, and Xi'an, Centralized...
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Glass cockpit (category Technology systems)
vertical speed, and engine performance. The Boeing 757 and 767-200/-300 introduced an electronic engine-indicating and crew-alerting system (EICAS) for monitoring...
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Flameout (redirect from Engine flame-out)
as in cruise and descent. To prevent a flameout when atmospheric or operational conditions are conducive to it, engine control systems usually provide...
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Compressor stall (redirect from Engine surge)
hydromechanical and electronic control systems such as full authority digital engine control. Modern compressors are carefully designed and controlled to...
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FADEC (redirect from Full Authority Digital Engine Control)
digital engine (or electronics) control (FADEC) is a system consisting of a digital computer, called an "electronic engine controller" (EEC) or "engine control...
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Shcramjet (redirect from Oblique detonation wave engine)
referred to as shock-ramjet engine) is a concept of air-breathing ramjet engine, proposed to be used for hypersonic and/or single-stage-to-orbit propulsion...
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Annunciator panel (section Obsolescence and revival)
aircraft replaces these with the integrated electronic Engine Indicating and Crew Alerting System or Electronic Centralised Aircraft Monitor. An aviation...
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Pulsejet (redirect from Pulse jet engine)
pulsejet engine (or pulse jet) is a type of jet engine in which combustion occurs in pulses. A pulsejet engine can be made with few or no moving parts, and is...
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Ramjet (redirect from Ramjet engine)
A ramjet is a form of airbreathing jet engine that requires forward motion of the engine to provide air for combustion. Ramjets work most efficiently...
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system is a power source used to provide the initial rotation to start large diesel engines and gas turbines. Compared to a gasoline (petrol) engine,...
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operation and reliability. Early piston engines were started by hand. Geared hand starting, electrical and cartridge-operated systems for larger engines were...
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Afterburner (redirect from Afterburner (engine))
some jet engines, mostly those on military supersonic aircraft. Its purpose is to increase thrust, usually for supersonic flight, takeoff, and combat....
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The Coffman engine starter (also known as a "shotgun starter") was a starting system used on many piston engines in aircraft and armored vehicles of the...
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EMS (section Places and rivers)
system, data logging, display and alerting device, a simpler form of an aircraft engine-indicating and crew-alerting system Expected mean squares, in statistics...
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A rotating detonation engine (RDE) uses a form of pressure gain combustion, where one or more detonations continuously travel around an annular channel...
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Turboshaft (redirect from Turboshaft engine)
turboshaft engine is a form of gas turbine that is optimized to produce shaft horsepower rather than jet thrust. In concept, turboshaft engines are very...
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A variable cycle engine (VCE), also referred to as adaptive cycle engine (ACE), is an aircraft jet engine that is designed to operate efficiently under...
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Bleed air (redirect from Engine bleed air)
pressurizing the hydraulic reservoir, and waste and water storage tanks. Some engine maintenance manuals refer to such systems as "customer bleed air". Bleed...
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determine the engine's impulse response and then evaluating the time response of the chamber pressure- a fast recovery indicates a stable system. For all but...
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Turbofan (redirect from High-bypass turbofan engine)
of the turbojet and the additional fan stage. It consists of a gas turbine engine which achieves mechanical energy from combustion, and a ducted fan that...
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Acronyms used by EASA Acronyms and Abbreviations - FAA Aviation Dictionary Aviation Acronyms and Abbreviations Acronyms search engine by Eurocontrol...
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Turbojet (redirect from Turbojet engine)
safety and effectiveness. Air-start system Exoskeletal engine Jet car Turbine engine failure Turbojet development at the RAE Variable cycle engine "Turbojet...
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The aerospike engine is a type of rocket engine that maintains its aerodynamic efficiency across a wide range of altitudes. It belongs to the class of...
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instrument systems, electronic flight bags, engine indicating and crew alerting systems, network server systems, multifunction displays, mission and display...
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rocket, water jet, and hybrid propulsion, the term jet engine typically refers to an internal combustion air-breathing jet engine such as a turbojet,...
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Autothrottle (redirect from Autothrottle system)
as autothrust, A/T, or A/THR) is a system that allows a pilot to control the power setting of an aircraft's engines by specifying a desired flight characteristic...
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Free-turbine turboshaft (redirect from Free-turbine engine)
free-turbine turboshaft is a form of turboshaft or turboprop gas turbine engine where the power is extracted from the exhaust stream of a gas turbine by...
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instrument system comprising five 20 x 17.5 cm cathode-ray tube (CRT) monitors. The central CRT serves as the engine-indicating and crew-alerting system, while...
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