- 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 fixed, nozzle-like opening near the leading edge of an airplane wing, ahead of the aileron. A slot acts as a duct to force air down on the upper surface of the wing when the airplane is flying at a high angle of attack. Forcing the air down on the top of the wing allows the airplane to fly at a higher angle of attack before it stalls.
Since the slot is located ahead of the aileron, the aileron remains effective even at very high angles of attack.
Industry:Aviation
A fixture that allows a shaft to be centered and rotated to measure any out-of-round condition.
Industry:Aviation
A fixture that attaches to the structure of an aircraft to fit the jack that is used to raise the aircraft for weighing or servicing.
Industry:Aviation
A flame produced by an oxy-acetylene torch when there is too much acetylene gas for the amount of oxygen being metered by the torch.
A carburizing flame, identified by a definite feather around the inner cone, is not normally used, because it adds carbon to the molten metal and makes the weld weaker than the metal being welded.
Industry:Aviation
A flame that uses the chemically correct ratio of fuel gas and oxygen. A neutral flame in an oxyacetylene torch has an almost white, rounded inner cone and an envelope of light blue flame. Too much oxygen changes a neutral flame into an oxidizing flame, and the inner cone becomes pointed. Too much acetylene changes a neutral flame into a carburizing, or reducing, flame, and a feather appears around the inner cone.
Industry:Aviation
A flammable liquid ketone used as a solvent and as an ingredient in many types of aircraft finishes.
Industry:Aviation
A flammable, colorless hydrocarbon liquid (CH3)2CHCH2C(CH3)3, used as a component of aviation gasoline and as the datum for rating the antidetonation characteristics of gasoline. The high critical pressure and temperature of iso-octane make it resistant to detonation.
Industry:Aviation
A flammable, oily, aromatic, hydrocarbon fluid. Xylene is mixed with other hydrocarbon fluids and used as a solvent and as an additive to improve the combustion characteristics of reciprocating engine fuels.
Industry:Aviation
A flare made on a piece of rigid tubing in which the tubing in the flare is doubled back on itself to produce two thicknesses of metal in the flare.
A double flare is acceptable in aircraft fluid systems on soft aluminum tubing having an outside diameter no larger than 3/8 of an inch.
Industry:Aviation
A flare made on a piece of rigid tubing in which there is only one thickness of the tubing material in the flare.
Industry:Aviation
