Skill testing questions...
Nov 27, 2009 | 2:44 pm
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Skill testing questions...
I was paging through some of my old TCA stuff and in a 1950 20 page "Facts about flying TCA" came across these terms:
"Nacelle" and "Empennage" and "On the beam" or heaven forbid "Engine feathering"
Does anyone know what these are without looking them up????
It also talks about the TCA reservations "nerve centre with modern teletype machines"....
"Nacelle" and "Empennage" and "On the beam" or heaven forbid "Engine feathering"
Does anyone know what these are without looking them up????
It also talks about the TCA reservations "nerve centre with modern teletype machines"....
Nov 27, 2009 | 2:47 pm
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I assume Nacelle refers to the cockpit?
Originally Posted by Yukonprince
I was paging through some of my old TCA stuff and in a 1950 20 page "Facts about flying TCA" came across these terms:
"Nacelle" and "Empennage" and "On the beam" or heaven forbid "Engine feathering"
Does anyone know what these are without looking them up????
It also talks about the TCA reservations "nerve centre with modern teletype machines"....
"Nacelle" and "Empennage" and "On the beam" or heaven forbid "Engine feathering"
Does anyone know what these are without looking them up????
It also talks about the TCA reservations "nerve centre with modern teletype machines"....
Nov 27, 2009 | 3:51 pm
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I was paging through some of my old TCA stuff and in a 1950 20 page "Facts about flying TCA" came across these terms:
"Nacelle" and "Empennage" and "On the beam" or heaven forbid "Engine feathering"
Does anyone know what these are without looking them up????
It also talks about the TCA reservations "nerve centre with modern teletype machines"....
"Nacelle" and "Empennage" and "On the beam" or heaven forbid "Engine feathering"
Does anyone know what these are without looking them up????
It also talks about the TCA reservations "nerve centre with modern teletype machines"....
nacelle- engine cover
empennage - tail section of aircraft
on the beam - following a path as part of a guidance system
- can also relate to a load carrying section of a wing
engine feathering - adjusting the pitch of an aircraft propeller to reduce drag
Nov 27, 2009 | 3:54 pm
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I was paging through some of my old TCA stuff and in a 1950 20 page "Facts about flying TCA" came across these terms:
"Nacelle" and "Empennage" and "On the beam" or heaven forbid "Engine feathering"
Does anyone know what these are without looking them up????
It also talks about the TCA reservations "nerve centre with modern teletype machines"....
"Nacelle" and "Empennage" and "On the beam" or heaven forbid "Engine feathering"
Does anyone know what these are without looking them up????
It also talks about the TCA reservations "nerve centre with modern teletype machines"....
Random fact, The Canadian Forces P3 Aurora patrol planes shut down and feather a prop during long over Arctic patrols to save fuel.
Engine Nacelle is the physical case of the engine.
On the beam, is taken from nautical terms, to be abeam of something, is to have something 90 degrees either side of your course.
Empernage - Is the tail assembly of a airplane
Nov 27, 2009 | 5:06 pm
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Feathering: more accurately, you adjust the prop pitch to minimize windmilling of the prop on a failed (or otherwise shut down) engine. Basically, the prop is moved so the flat part is perpendicular to the fuselage; the blade pointing forward.
Nov 28, 2009 | 1:02 am
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This glossary might help, as well:
http://aerofiles.com/glossary.html
Feathering is used on constant-speed propellers. Might be fun to read that article.
http://aerofiles.com/glossary.html
Feathering is used on constant-speed propellers. Might be fun to read that article.
Nov 28, 2009 | 11:39 am
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Nov 29, 2009 | 1:36 am
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As far as I can tell, both terms are used in aviation, and they have different meanings. "Abeam" is used in the sense AC681 mentioned. "On the beam" is used (although not frequently--I've never heard it, though I never flew IFR) as thebat mentioned.