- 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 form of bearing used in a mechanism to absorb rotating loads parallel to the axis of the shaft on which the bearing is mounted. Aircraft engines have thrust bearings to transmit thrust loads from the propeller into the crankcase.
Industry:Aviation
A form of black, porous carbon. Charcoal is made by charring, or partially burning, wood in a kiln (a special type of oven) in which there is not enough air for the wood to burn completely.
Industry:Aviation
A form of brazing in which the filler metal is a silver-base alloy.
Industry:Aviation
A form of cast iron which has been cast in a steel mold. The steel mold cools the surface of the casting quickly so that it retains most of the carbon and is quite hard.
Industry:Aviation
A form of centrifugal air compressor with vanes on both sides of the rotor. Air is taken into both faces of the rotor and discharged from its periphery.
Industry:Aviation
A form of climate control of an aircraft. An air compressor increases the pressure of the air inside the cabin of a high-flying aircraft to a value that allows the occupants to breathe normally. Without pressurization, supplemental oxygen would be needed when flying above an altitude of about 10,000 feet.
Industry:Aviation
A form of coaxial transmission line in which the inner conductor is centered in the outer conductor by a series of beads made of insulating material.
Industry:Aviation
A form of commercial hydrochloric acid (HCl). One of the popular uses for muriatic acid is as a flux for cleaning metal in preparation for soldering.
Industry:Aviation
A form of compass error caused by local magnetic fields in the aircraft interacting with the magnetic field of the earth. Deviation error is minimized by counteracting the interfering magnetic fields by adjusting small compensating magnets that are built into the compass housing. This compensating procedure is called “swinging the compass.” Deviation error differs with each heading of the aircraft.
Industry:Aviation
