self-sealing tire
41Channel wing — aircraft CCW 5 The channel wing is an aircraft wing principle developed by Willard Ray Custer in the 1920s. The most important part of the wing consists of a half tube with an engine placed in the middle, driving a propeller placed at the rear… …
42Engine indicating and crew alerting system — An example of information found on a EICAS Engine Indicating and Crew Alerting System (EICAS) is an integrated system used in modern aircraft to provide aircraft crew with aircraft engines and other systems instrumentation and crew annunciations …
43Curtiss SB2C Helldiver — SBF 1 redirects here. For the earlier XSBF 1, see Grumman XSBF. For the biplane Helldiver, see Curtiss SBC Helldiver. SB2C Helldiver A 25 Shrike …
44Flight control modes (electronic) — New aircraft designs like this Boeing 777 rely on sophisticated flight computers to aid and protect the aircraft in flight. These are governed by computational laws which assign flight control modes during flight Aircraft with fly by wire flight… …
45Dive brake — The dive brakes on this SBD Dauntless are the slotted panels visible under the wings. Dive brakes or dive flaps are deployed to slow down an aircraft when in a dive. They usually consist of a metal flap that is raised against the air flow, thus… …
46Diverterless supersonic inlet — Testing of the F 35 Diverterless Supersonic Inlet on an F 16 testbed. The original intake is shown in the top image. A diverterless supersonic inlet (DSI) is a type of jet engine air intake used by some modern combat aircraft to control air flow… …
47tubeless tyre — or tubeless tire see under ↑tyre • • • Main Entry: ↑tube tubeless tyre A pneumatic tyre that has no inner tube, and, being self sealing, deflates only slowly when punctured • • • Main Entry: ↑tyre …
48MythBusters (2007 season) — Country of origin Australia United States No. of episodes 25 (includes 4 specials) Broadcast Original channel Discovery Channel …
49automobile — automobilist /aw teuh meuh bee list, moh bi list/, n. /aw teuh meuh beel , aw teuh meuh beel , aw teuh moh beel, beuhl/, n. 1. a passenger vehicle designed for operation on ordinary roads and typically having four wheels and a gasoline or diesel… …
50industrial polymers, major — Introduction chemical compounds used in the manufacture of synthetic industrial materials. In the commercial production of plastics, elastomers, man made fibres, adhesives, and surface coatings, a tremendous variety of polymers are… …
