aircraft bearing
1Bearing (navigation) — This article is about the navigational term. For other uses, see Bearing. A standard Brunton Geo compass, used commonly by geologists and surveyors to obtain a bearing in the field. In marine navigation, a bearing is the direction one object is… …
2bearing — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. course, trend; carriage, manner, conduct; meaning, significance; relation. See direction. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [A point of support] Syn. block, frame, journal box, pivot, fulcrum, babbitted bearing,… …
3Bearing reducer — The name bearing reducer designates the full integration of high precision reduction gear and high precision radial axial bearing in a compact unit. This new transmission system allows the utilization of the bearing reducer in robotics and… …
4Constant bearing, decreasing range — (CBDR) means that some object, usually another ship viewed from the deck or bridge of one s own ship, is getting closer but maintaining the same true bearing. If this continues, the objects will collide. Contents 1 Lack of visual clues 2 Relative …
5Lady Be Good (aircraft) — Infobox Airliner accident Name = Lady Be Good Crash |360px Image caption = U.S. Air Force Photo of Lady Be Good in the Libyan desert. Date = April 4, 1943 Type = Navigation error Site = coord|26|42|45.7|N|24|01|27|E| flag|Libya Origin = Benina… …
6Foil bearing — Foil bearings are a type of air bearing. A shaft is supported by a compliant, spring loaded foil journal lining. Once the shaft is spinning fast enough, the working fluid (usually air), pushes the foil away from the shaft so that there is then no …
7back bearing — i. The horizontal angle, measured clockwise from a datum, and observed from an aircraft for a point over which it has passed without an intervening alteration of a heading. It is the reciprocal of track. ii. A bearing differing by 180°, or… …
8Ball bearing — For individual balls that are sometimes called ball bearings , see Ball (bearing). Working principle for a ball bearing …
9Rod end bearing — A rod end bearing, also known as a heim joint (N. America) or rose joint (U.K. and elsewhere), is a mechanical articulating joint. Such joints are used on the ends of control rods, steering links, tie rods, or anywhere a precision articulating… …
10Model aircraft — A die cast Boeing 747 400 model. Model aircraft are flying or non flying models of existing or imaginary aircraft using a variety of materials including plastic, diecast metal, polystyrene, balsa wood, foam and fibreglass. Flying designs range… …
