- 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 single female connector that accepts and holds a small metal pin attached to the end of a wire or a test lead. Pin jacks are used on test equipment to attach test leads to the instrument.
Industry:Aviation
A single frequency of alternating current produced inside a superheterodyne radio receiver. A superheterodyne receiver circuit is efficient because most of its amplification is done with a single intermediate frequency, rather than with a wide band of frequencies.
A local oscillator inside the receiver produces an alternating current whose frequency is always a constant amount different from the radio-frequency signal being received. When the local oscillator signal is mixed with the received signal, two other frequencies are produced: One frequency is the sum of the two, and the other is the difference between the two. Filters allow only the signal whose frequency is the difference between the two to be amplified. This is the intermediate frequency, the IF.
Industry:Aviation
A single law that combines the laws of Boyle and Charles to explain the relationship between the volume, the absolute pressure, and absolute temperature of a gas. The general gas law is expressed in a formula as:
P1 = initial absolute pressure
P2 = final absolute pressure
V1 = initial volume
V2 = final volume
T1 = initial absolute temperature
T2 = final absolute temperature
Industry:Aviation
A single panel-mounted instrument case that contains three engine instruments. An oil pressure gage, oil temperature gage, and fuel pressure gage are mounted in the same case so the pilot can see at a glance these vital engine conditions.
Some engine gage units have a cylinder head temperature gage in place of the fuel pressure gage.
Industry:Aviation
A single pressure which is the difference between two opposing pressures. The resultant of a 12 psi pressure opposing a 32 psi pressure, is a 20 psi differential pressure. This is expressed as 20 psid.
Industry:Aviation
A single switch that controls electrical power to all the circuits in an aircraft electrical system. When the master switch (a form of safety switch) is off, no circuit can be energized.
Industry:Aviation
A single triangular-shaped panel in the canopy of a parachute. The canopy is made by sewing the gores together to form a large circular canopy. Shroud lines are sewed along the seams that join the gores.
Industry:Aviation
A single vector which is the sum of two or more vectors.
“Resume normal speed” (air traffic control). A phrase used by ATC to advise that previously issued speed control (controller assigned or as part of a published procedure) restrictions are deleted. This statement does not relieve the pilot of those speed restrictions which are applicable to 14 CFR, Part 91.117.
“Resume own navigation” (air traffic control). A phrase used by ATC to advise a pilot to resume his own navigation responsibility. This is issued after completion of a radar vector or when radar contact is lost when the aircraft is being radar vectored.
Industry:Aviation
A single vector with the same magnitude and direction as a number of vectors would have if they acted on a single point, one at a time. The vector representing the vector sum is called the resultant vector, or just the resultant.
Industry:Aviation
A single-component polyester resin that hardens when all air is excluded from it.
Industry:Aviation
