axis of roll
51single-axis autopilot — A simple autopilot that maintains aircraft attitude only along the roll axis …
52barrel roll — Aeron. a maneuver in which an airplane executes a complete roll by revolving once around its longitudinal axis. [1930 35] * * * …
53snap roll — aerial maneuver in which an airplane makes a fast and complete roll about its longitudinal axis and still maintains level flight …
54barrel roll — An aerobatic maneuver in which an airplane rotates 360° around the longitudinal axis while the nose of the aircraft describes a circle about a real or imagined reference point on the horizon. In this maneuver, occupants are under positive… …
55aileron roll — noun : a flight maneuver in which an airplane is rotated about its longitudinal axis through a full 360 degrees by means of the ailerons without altering its flight path * * * Aeron. a roll consisting of one or more rotations, usually controlled… …
56barrel roll — noun Date: 1917 an airplane maneuver in which a complete revolution about the longitudinal axis is made …
57snap roll — noun Date: circa 1934 an airplane maneuver in which a rapid full revolution is completed about the plane s longitudinal axis while an approximately level line of flight is maintained …
58angle of roll — Aeron. the acute angle between the lateral axis of an aircraft or spacecraft and a horizontal plane. * * * …
59snap roll — Aeron. a maneuver in which an airplane makes a rapid and complete revolution about its longitudinal axis while maintaining approximately level flight. [1930 35] * * * …
60vehicle roll angle — the angle between the vehicle y axis and the ground plane …
