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  • Thumbnail for Handbrake turn
    negotiate tight 180-degree bends that would otherwise require a three-point turn. Handbrake turns are commonly used in rallying to negotiate tight, low-speed...
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    (καμπτήρ) at each end of the track to assist the sprinters in negotiating the tight turn—a task complicated by the shield carried in the runner's off hand. At...
    4 KB (453 words) - 13:00, 8 June 2024
  • Thumbnail for 2006 Yeti Airlines Twin Otter crash
    Eyewitnesses said that the plane appeared to have stalled while making a tight turn on the threshold of runway 27 and ploughed into the ground in a ball of...
    4 KB (313 words) - 11:59, 5 August 2024
  • β turns (also β-bends, tight turns, reverse turns, Venkatachalam turns) are the most common form of turns—a type of non-regular secondary structure in...
    9 KB (1,100 words) - 03:01, 2 March 2024
  • pilots pulling high positive g-forces as when pulling up into a loop or a tight turn, which forces blood to the lower extremities of the body and lowers blood...
    4 KB (531 words) - 23:52, 24 June 2024
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    "Why Zero Turn Mowers? - Easy to Drive". zeroturn.com. Retrieved 30 March 2011. Maxwell, Steve Care must be exercised when turning as a tight turn on one...
    8 KB (1,058 words) - 07:04, 21 June 2024
  • present a greater challenge, technical difficulty also increases with tighter turns and shorter or unusual distances between fences. Horses sometimes also...
    34 KB (5,066 words) - 13:44, 30 July 2024
  • banked turn (or banking turn) is a turn or change of direction in which the vehicle banks or inclines, usually towards the inside of the turn. For a road...
    15 KB (2,255 words) - 00:38, 5 August 2024
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    another interview, he also emphasized the 52-metre (171 ft) hill and tight-turn elements that help recreate the feeling of being inside a high-performance...
    16 KB (1,201 words) - 18:23, 1 July 2024
  • straight and tight turn combined the thrills of speed on the straights with those of danger as collisions and falls were likely on the turns. The distinction...
    2 KB (227 words) - 16:58, 22 July 2024
  • but was still three long steps behind Griffith-Joyner. Inhibited by the tight turn of lane 1, Drechsler made a late rush on the inside to catch Ottey for...
    20 KB (459 words) - 02:40, 5 August 2024
  • Thumbnail for Canter and gallop
    still able to perform the turn. Poor riding will hinder rather than help the horse, and in extreme situations such as a tight turn at speed, the horse may...
    32 KB (3,873 words) - 05:00, 17 June 2024
  • Thumbnail for Aircraft of the Battle of Britain
    Spitfire with a tight turn in aerial combat manoeuvres, from the slats intermittently opening in tight turns (on the wing to the "inside" of a turn) during dogfights...
    58 KB (8,164 words) - 22:04, 7 February 2024
  • Thumbnail for Roller coaster
    of elevated railroad track that carries passengers on a train through tight turns, steep slopes, and other elements usually designed to produce a thrilling...
    53 KB (5,387 words) - 21:31, 2 August 2024
  • Thumbnail for Wing loading
    tighter the turn radius attempted, the more drag induced; this requires that power (thrust) be added to overcome the drag. The maximum rate of turn possible...
    22 KB (2,212 words) - 18:28, 28 July 2024
  • Thumbnail for UPS Airlines Flight 6
    the airport before making a tight turn. Bell attempted to turn toward Sharjah International Airport, but mistakenly turned in the wrong direction (195°...
    24 KB (1,993 words) - 01:30, 30 July 2024
  • Thumbnail for Hans-Joachim Marseille
    of these defensive formations from either above or below, executing a tight turn and firing a two-second deflection shot to destroy an enemy aircraft....
    83 KB (10,961 words) - 07:32, 17 July 2024
  • the norm, and fixed-wing pilots tend to avoid it, as it requires a very tight turn-around in order to avoid continuing flight into the LaGuardia airspace...
    3 KB (360 words) - 10:13, 20 November 2023
  • Thumbnail for Outrigger boat
    This usually involves the draw stroke. During a tight turn, the one seat might poke to make the canoe turn the opposite way. In the middle of the canoe (seats...
    44 KB (4,866 words) - 04:03, 16 June 2024
  • is harder than he expected and things turn to a twisted event when her boyfriend Marcos visits her. Sleep Tight was considered one of the most anticipated...
    18 KB (1,898 words) - 03:24, 27 July 2024
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