rudder gear
1Rudder — A rudder is a device used to steer a ship, boat, submarine, hovercraft, or other conveyance that move through a fluid (generally air or water). On an aircraft the rudder is used primarily to counter adverse yaw and p factor and is not the primary …
2rudder stock — A vertical rudder shaft that connects to the steering gear …
3rudder crosshead — noun : an athwartship metal bar or casting which is secured to a rudderhead in lieu of a tiller and to which the connecting rods of the steering gear are secured …
4rudder tackle — noun : emergency tackle for use when mechanical steering gear fails to function …
5Self-steering gear — is equipment used on ships and boats to maintain a chosen course without constant human action. It is also known by several other terms, such as autopilot (borrowed from aircraft and considered incorrect by some) and autohelm (technically a… …
6Kitchen rudder — The Kitchen Rudder is the familiar name for Kitchen s Patent Reversing Rudders , a combination rudder and directional propulsion delivery system for relatively slow speed displacement boats which was invented in the early 20th century by Admiral… …
7Conventional landing gear — The Piper Super Cub is a popular taildragger aircraft …
8steering gear — noun a gear that couples the steering wheel to the steering linkage of a motor vehicle • Hypernyms: ↑gear, ↑gear mechanism • Part Holonyms: ↑steering system, ↑steering mechanism * * * noun : the mechanism by which something i …
9Pleuger rudder — The Pleuger rudder is a power assisted ship s rudder. It creates a flow of water in the direction the rudder points powered by an auxiliary electric motor. This aids manoeuvrability at low speeds greatly, since it operates on a similar principle… …
10USS G-2 (SS-27) — was a G class submarine of the United States Navy. While the four G boats were nominally all of a class, they differed enough in significant details that they are sometimes considered to be four unique boats, each in a class by herself. G 1 was… …
