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A plastic or wooden guide used to prevent a steel control cable rubbing against an aircraft structure.
Industry:Aviation
An L-shaped metal extrusion having an enlarged, rounded edge that resembles a bulb on one of its legs.
Industry:Aviation
Projections from the cylinder of a retractable landing gear strut about which the strut pivots retract.
Industry:Aviation
The arm on a control surface to which the control cable or push-pull rod attaches to move the surface.
Industry:Aviation
A form of aerodynamic drag caused by friction between the air and the surface over which it is flowing.
Industry:Aviation
A plane surface with four sides whose opposite sides are parallel and whose angles are all right angles.
Industry:Aviation
A secondary control on an airplane wing that changes its camber to increase both its lift and its drag.
Industry:Aviation
A check of an airframe to determine that the wings and tail are symmetrical about the longitudinal axis.
Industry:Aviation
Wood sawed from a tree in such a way that the annual rings cross the plank at an angle greater than 45°.
Industry:Aviation
A liquid which boils at temperatures of less than about 110 °F (–163 °C) at normal atmospheric pressures.
Industry:Aviation
