drift angle indicator
1drift indicator — noun or drift meter or drift sight : a flight instrument used for measuring the angle of drift of an aircraft and equipped with a hairline or sight wire that may be rotated until objects on the ground appear to travel parallel with it so that… …
2drift indicator — An instrument that looks vertically at the surface to provide an indication of drift angle. It consists essentially of a sight tube with a hairline that is rotated until objects on the ground travel parallel to it. This direction is compared with …
3Drift meter — This article is about the aircraft instrument for measuring wind speeds. For the World War I bombsight, see Drift Sight. A drift meter, also drift indicator and drift sight, is an optical device used to improve dead reckoning for aircraft… …
4Drift pin — drift punch In metalworking, a drift pin, drift pin punch, or simply drift, is the name for a tool used for enlarging holes, or aligning holes prior to bolting or riveting metal parts together. A drift pin is not used as a punch in the… …
5Heading indicator — A heading indicator in a small aircraft. The heading indicator (also called an HI) is a flight instrument used in an aircraft to inform the pilot of the aircraft s heading. It is sometimes referred to by its older names, the directional gyro or… …
6Dial indicator — Dial indicators, also known as dial gauges and probe indicators, are instruments used to accurately measure small linear distances, and are frequently used in industrial and mechanical processes. They are named so because the measurement results… …
7Mark XIV bomb sight — The Mk. XIVA sighting head, which would be mounted in the front of the aircraft and connected to the computor by the cables coiled up on the left. The main features are the gyrostabilizer in the large cylinder, and the collimator on the moving… …
8Abkürzungen/Luftfahrt/B–D — Dies ist der zweite Teil der Liste Abkürzungen/Luftfahrt. Liste der Abkürzungen Teil 1 A A Teil 2 B–D B (BA, BB, BC, BD, BE, BF, BG, BH, BI, BJ, BK, BL …
9Course (navigation) — In navigation, a vehicle s course is the angle that the intended path of the vehicle makes with a fixed reference object (typically true north). Typically course is measured in degrees from 0° clockwise to 360° in compass convention (0° being… …
10Aircraft heading — An aircraft s heading is referenced by using either the magnetic compass or heading indicator, two instruments that most aircraft have as standard.Simply defined, the heading is the direction that the aircraft s nose is pointing. Using standard… …
