In aeronautics, a swashplate is a mechanical device that translates input via the helicopter flight controls into motion of the main rotor blades. Because...

Magnus effect in aeronautics", Progress in Aerospace Sciences Vol. 55, 2012, pp.17–45. Museum, Deutsches. "Deutsches Museum: Flettner Rotor". www.deutsches-museum...

Aircraft compound helicopter developed as the Rotor Systems Research Aircraft (RSRA) for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and the United...

science of aviation, including designing and building aircraft, is called aeronautics. Crewed aircraft are flown by an onboard pilot, whereas unmanned aerial...

rotorcraft in which lift and thrust are supplied by horizontally spinning rotors. This allows the helicopter to take off and land vertically, to hover, and...

A rotor wing is a lifting rotor or wing which spins to provide aerodynamic lift. In general, a rotor may spin about an axis which is aligned substantially...

aircraft that generates lift and propulsion by way of one or more powered rotors (sometimes called proprotors) mounted on rotating shafts or nacelles usually...

On a helicopter, the main rotor or rotor system is the combination of several rotary wings (rotor blades) with a control system, that generates the aerodynamic...

A propfan, also called an open rotor engine, open fan engine or unducted fan (as opposed to a ducted fan), is a type of aircraft engine related in concept...

engine's rotor, which creates the turning motion, is similar in shape to a Reuleaux triangle, with the sides having less curvature. The rotor spins inside...

Skyworks Aeronautics Corp., formerly Groen Brothers Aviation, Inc., Groen Aeronautics Corporation and Skyworks Global, is an American autogyro research...

Look up tuft (aeronautics) in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. In aeronautics, tufts are pieces of yarn or string, typically around 15 cm (6 in) long...

A Flettner airplane is a type of rotor airplane which uses a Flettner rotor to provide lift. The rotor comprises a spinning cylinder with circular end...

In aeronautics, an aircraft propeller, also called an airscrew, converts rotary motion from an engine or other power source into a swirling slipstream...

sufficient. Helicopter flight controls Helicopter pilotage Helicopter rotor Aeronautical engineering "Helicopters - What is Ground Resonance ?". Archived from...

aeronautics, shipping, and other fields. In aeronautics, blade pitch refers to the angle of the blades of an aircraft propeller or helicopter rotor....

design that used a tapering tail cone and pressurized air to suppress main rotor torque. Venzie left the firm in 1943.: 143  The PV-2 (NX-37061) was a more...

relatively low disk loading are typically called rotors, including helicopter main rotors and tail rotors; propellers typically have a higher disk loading...

A cyclorotor, cycloidal rotor, cycloidal propeller or cyclogiro, is a fluid propulsion device that converts shaft power into the acceleration of a fluid...

In aeronautics, a balloon is an unpowered aerostat, which remains aloft or floats due to its buoyancy. A balloon may be free, moving with the wind, or...

Tactical Robotics Ltd., a subsidiary of designer Rafi Yoeli's Urban Aeronautics Ltd., in Yavne, Israel. It will be used in search and rescue operations...

In aeronautics and marine hydrodynamics, the advance ratio is the ratio of the freestream fluid speed to the propeller, rotor, or cyclorotor tip speed...

In aeronautics, downwash is the change in direction of air deflected by the aerodynamic action of an airfoil, wing, or helicopter rotor blade in motion...

A tip jet is a jet nozzle at the tip of some helicopter rotor blades, used to spin the rotor, much like a Catherine wheel firework. Tip jets replace the...

engine and small diameter rotor or, for less fuel, a lower power engine and bigger rotor with lower velocity through the rotor. Bypass usually refers to...

The Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics (NUAA, 南京航空航天大学) is a public university in Nanjing, Jiangsu, China. It is affiliated with the Ministry...

In aeronautics, the chord is an imaginary straight line joining the leading edge and trailing edge of an aerofoil. The chord length is the distance between...

quadrocopter, or quadrotor is a type of helicopter or multicopter that has four rotors. Although quadrotor helicopters and convertiplanes have long been flown...

flight, the rotors are angled to provide thrust upwards, lifting the way a helicopter rotor does. As the aircraft gains speed, the rotors progressively...

Below are abbreviations used in aviation, avionics, aerospace and aeronautics. Contents A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z See also References...