axis of roll

  • 61pitch roll and yaw — three axis of movement (including up and down, side to side in a rolling motion, and right to left) …

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  • 62half roll — An aerobatic maneuver in which an aircraft inverts onto its back and rotates downward about its longitudinal axis, leveling out when it is near level attitude. In this fashion, the aircraft loses height rapidly and changes direction through 180° …

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  • 63three-axis autopilot — An autonomous flight control system that has full authority in the pitch, roll, and yaw. See automatic pilot …

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  • 64barrel roll — noun an aerobatic manoeuvre in which an aircraft follows a single turn of a spiral while rolling once about its longitudinal axis …

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  • 65snap roll — noun a manoeuvre in which an aircraft makes a single quick revolution about its longitudinal axis while flying horizontally …

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  • 66wing roll — noun : rotation of an airplane on its longitudinal axis …

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  • 67Bowling ball — A bowling ball is a round ball made from, urethane, plastic, reactive resin or a combination of these materials which is used in the sport of bowling. Ten pin bowling balls generally have a set of three holes drilled in them, one each for the… …

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  • 68Aerobatic maneuver — The UK Utterly Butterly display team perform an aerobatic maneuver with their Boeing Stearmans, at an air display in England. Aerobatic maneuvers are flight paths putting aircraft in unusual attitudes, in air shows, dog fights or competition… …

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  • 69Quadrotor — A quadrotor, also called a quadrotor helicopter, is an aircraft that is lifted and propelled by four rotors. Quadrotors are classified as rotorcraft, as opposed to fixed wing aircraft, because their lift is derived from four rotors. They can also …

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  • 70angular orientation — the orientation of the vehicle axis system (x,y,z) with respect to the earth fixed axis system (x,y,z) is given by a sequence of three angular rotations. The following sequence of rotations, starting from a condition in which the two sets of axes …

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