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Computer memory that is lost when the power to the computer is turned off.
Industry:Aviation
Conditions that have been decided upon by the ICAO for comparing all aircraft and engine performance. The most basic standard day conditions are: temperature, 15 ºC or 52 ºF; altitude, mean sea level; pressure, 29.92 inches of mercury.
Industry:Aviation
Crank arms on a reciprocating engine crankshaft. The arms, or throws, to which the connecting rods and pistons are attached are offset from the center of the crankshaft to move the pistons in and out of the cylinder. The amount of the offset determines the stroke of the engine.
Industry:Aviation
Current induced into a conductor due to a mobbing or non-uniform magnetic field.
Industry:Aviation
Direct current whose voltage periodically changes, but whose electrons flow in the same direction all of the time.
Industry:Aviation
Documents published by the FAA as Advisory Circulars 43.16. These are used to alert technicians of problems that have been found in specific models of aircraft, and reported on Malfunction and Defect Reports. Airworthiness Alerts suggest corrective action, but compliance with the suggestion is not mandatory. general aviation. A term used to describe the total field of aviation operation except the military and airlines.
Industry:Aviation
Electrical current in which the electrons continually change their rate of flow and periodically reverse their direction.
Industry:Aviation
Electromagnetic energy with a frequency high enough to radiate from any conductor through which it is flowing.
Industry:Aviation
Electrons in the outer shell, or ring, around the nucleus of an atom. It is the valence electrons that give an atom its electrical characteristics and are the electrons that may be pulled loose from an atom to cause electrical current.
Industry:Aviation
