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  • Thumbnail for Helicopter flight controls
    helicopter has three flight control inputs: the cyclic stick, the collective lever, and the anti-torque pedals. Depending on the complexity of the helicopter...
    15 KB (1,927 words) - 07:50, 16 October 2024
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    main wheels forward of the center of gravity and a small wheel or skid to support the tail. The term taildragger is also used. The term "conventional" persists...
    14 KB (1,726 words) - 08:52, 7 November 2024
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    correct itself), and usually require special pilot training. A small tail wheel or skid/bumper may be added to a tricycle undercarriage to prevent damage...
    88 KB (10,931 words) - 12:47, 24 October 2024
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    ground. The helicopter can be moved by pulling down on the tail to lift the front of the skids off the ground. One person can move the helicopter though...
    33 KB (4,172 words) - 17:45, 20 November 2024
  • Thumbnail for Turn and slip indicator
    indicates whether the aircraft is in coordinated flight, showing the slip or skid of the turn. The slip indicator is actually an inclinometer that at rest...
    11 KB (1,507 words) - 17:33, 22 April 2024
  • Thumbnail for Grapple (tool)
    vehicles, a grapple is a hydraulically powered claw with two or more opposing levers that pinch a log or other materials, usually to lift or drag them. The logging...
    3 KB (409 words) - 07:08, 21 November 2023
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    rotor could strike the tail causing catastrophic failure. Dynamic rollover in which the helicopter pivots around one of the skids and 'pulls' itself onto...
    106 KB (11,103 words) - 05:17, 18 November 2024
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    rotation, but manipulate the rotating flight controls (main rotor disk and tail rotor disk) in a completely different manner. Flight control surfaces are...
    21 KB (2,679 words) - 12:53, 17 July 2024
  • Thumbnail for Atlantic Airways Flight 670
    gear could be investigated. The commission mapped all skid marks on the runway. The first skid marks found to be by OY-CRG was at 945 metres (3,100 ft)...
    23 KB (3,193 words) - 07:10, 27 October 2024
  • Thumbnail for 2018 New York City helicopter crash
    control lever was still positioned for normal operation. After he was sure the helicopter could reach the river, the pilot activated the skid-mounted...
    32 KB (3,870 words) - 10:41, 30 October 2024
  • Thumbnail for Honda CRF250L
    speedometer with an rpm counter (tachometer), a folding gear lever, and a changed tail light, and the graphics were also changed to fall in line with...
    15 KB (692 words) - 02:32, 25 June 2024
  • landing skid. The empennage was of the cruciform type with vertical fins carrying separate rudders, the upper one operated by the same hand-lever that controlled...
    5 KB (492 words) - 08:39, 21 January 2021
  • cyclic control centrally mounted on a console; the single collective pitch lever is placed between the seats. A governor sets the throttle in the absence...
    6 KB (583 words) - 01:40, 4 January 2021
  • Thumbnail for Bell UH-1 Iroquois
    Bell UH-1 Iroquois (category Aircraft with skid landing gear)
    618 m) with rotors Width: 9 ft 6+1⁄2 in (2.908 m) (over skids) Height: 14 ft 5+1⁄2 in (4.407 m) (tail rotor turning) Empty weight: 5,210 lb (2,363 kg) Gross...
    104 KB (11,267 words) - 02:29, 11 November 2024
  • Thumbnail for Messerschmitt Me 163 Komet
    the dolly, retract its extendable skid using a knob-topped release lever just forward of the throttle (as both levers were located atop the cockpit's portside...
    82 KB (10,772 words) - 07:24, 23 November 2024
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    Operating Procedures and the movement of the power levers below flight idle. The unmodified version of the Skid Control Unit failed to provide adequate protection...
    27 KB (3,401 words) - 10:14, 22 November 2024
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    Glasflügel 303 (category T-tail aircraft)
    brakes and water ballast. The Mosquito also uses a pneumatic tail wheel rather than a skid. It was available with a tow release in both the nose and near...
    5 KB (513 words) - 22:58, 9 September 2024
  • Thumbnail for United Airlines Flight 232
    Airport in Sioux City, Iowa, after suffering a catastrophic failure of its tail-mounted engine due to an unnoticed manufacturing defect in the engine's fan...
    78 KB (8,773 words) - 09:08, 15 November 2024
  • Thumbnail for Hyundai Equus
    design, side mirrors, tail lamp graphics, standard LED fog lamps, instrumental panel and center stack, center console and shift lever design, steering wheel...
    27 KB (2,323 words) - 01:28, 25 October 2024
  • Thumbnail for List of accidents and incidents involving the Boeing B-52 Stratofortress
    onto the runway and then it skidded off the end of the runway. The aircraft was damaged beyond repair. On 23 June, B-52D (tail number 56‑0591, call sign...
    104 KB (13,273 words) - 23:00, 13 November 2024
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