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A fluid power system component that controls the rate of actuator movement by restricting the flow of fluid into or out of the actuator.
Industry:Aviation
A form of material whose molecules are able to flow past one another without destroying the material. Gases and liquids are both fluids.
Industry:Aviation
A four-sided plane figure whose sides are all the same length, whose opposite sides are parallel, and whose angles are all right angles.
Industry:Aviation
A hydraulic or pneumatic system component that allows full flow of fluid in one direction but blocks all flow in the opposite direction.
Industry:Aviation
A knot that runs through the depth of a beam perpendicular to the annual rings. Spike knots appear most frequently in quartersawed wood.
Industry:Aviation
A very light coat of zinc chromate primer. It is so thin that the metal is still visible, but the primer makes pencil marks easy to see.
Industry:Aviation
Airspeed shown on the airspeed indicator (indicated airspeed) corrected for position error and nonstandard air temperature and pressure.
Industry:Aviation
Brakes that uses the momentum of the aircraft rolling forward to help apply the brakes by wedging the brake shoe against the brake drum.
Industry:Aviation
When the letters MSL are used with an altitude, it means that the altitude is measured from mean, or average, sea level.
Industry:Aviation
A required inspection to determine the condition of the aircraft for the flight to be conducted. It is conducted by the pilot-in-command.
Industry:Aviation
