- Industry: Aviation
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Aviation Supplies & Academics, Inc. (ASA) develops and markets aviation supplies, software, and books for pilots, flight instructors, flight engineers, airline professionals, air traffic controllers, flight attendants, aviation technicians and enthusiasts. Established in 1947, ASA also provides ...
A device in the lubrication system of either a reciprocating engine or a gas turbine engine that removes contaminants suspended in the oil.
Industry:Aviation
A device in the tail pipe of a gas turbine engine installed in an airplane that deflects some of the exhaust gases forward to produce a rearward thrust. This reverse thrust slows the aircraft and decreases its landing roll.
Industry:Aviation
A device inside a piece of sensitive electronic equipment that holds the temperature of a frequency-controlling crystal constant.
The crystal is kept at a constant temperature inside the oven to prevent change in its physical characteristics and thus in the frequency of the alternating current it produces.
Industry:Aviation
A device installed between a component and a structure to prevent any vibrations present in the structure from being transmitted into the component. Instruments and electronic components are mounted in aircraft with vibration isolators to keep the shocks and vibrations from damaging them. Vibration isolators are often called shock mounts.
Industry:Aviation
A device installed near a microwave antenna that focuses the radiated energy in much the same way a glass lens focuses light waves.
Industry:Aviation
A device made of a curved, liquid-filled, glass tube, with a black glass ball inside it. A clinometer shows the relationship between the object on which it is mounted and a line perpendicular to the earth’s surface.
A clinometer is built into a turn and slip indicator and a turn coordinator to show the relationship between the rate of turn and the angle of bank used to make the turn.
Industry:Aviation
A device made of rubber or some type of soft plastic worn in the ear canal to prevent loud noises damaging the delicate mechanism in the ear. Earplugs or other types of hearing protectors must be worn when working on most jet aircraft flight lines to prevent hearing loss.
Industry:Aviation
A device made of several turns of wire wound around a core. A coil is used to add inductance to an electrical circuit.
Industry:Aviation
A device or circuit in the output of an electrical power source that maintains a constant output current.
If the load demands more current, the regulator raises the output voltage. If the load demands less current than that for which the regulator is set, the regulator lowers the output voltage.
Industry:Aviation
A device placed across a set of electrical contacts to suppress the spark that forms when the contacts open. Spark suppressors normally consist of a capacitor and resistor and sometimes a diode across the contacts.
Industry:Aviation
