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11Fuel fraction — An aircraft s fuel fraction, fuel weight fraction, [cite book | last = Brandt | first = Steven | title = Introduction to Aeronautics: a Design Perspective | publisher = AIAA (American Institute of Aeronautics Ast | pages = p. 359 | year = 2004 |… …
12tank — /tæŋk / (say tangk) noun 1. a receptacle or structure for holding water or other liquid or a gas: fish tank; petrol tank. 2. a large, closed container made of corrugated, galvanised iron, or of concrete, for storing rainwater above ground. 3. a… …
13Drop tank — A 330 US gallons (1,200 L) Sargent Fletcher drop tank being moved across the flight deck of an Aircraft carrier In aeronautics, a drop tank (external tank, wing tank, or belly tank) is used to describe auxiliary fuel tanks externally carried …
14Space Shuttle external tank — A Space Shuttle External Tank (ET) is the component of the Space Shuttle launch vehicle that contains the liquid hydrogen fuel and liquid oxygen oxidizer. During lift off and ascent it supplies the fuel and oxidizer under pressure to the three… …
15Honda Gold Wing — The Honda Gold Wing motorcycle had its debut in 1975, and became one of the most popular motorcycles in history. Initially intended as a road bike, it started the new trend in touring bikes . Gold Wing is the first motorcycle with the airbag… …
16Channel 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… …
17wet wing — A wing whose structure forms integral fuel tanks. It is not a case of the wing housing fuel tanks but the wing structure itself is a fuel tank if properly sealed. See integral fuel tank …
18Crusader tank — For the US self propelled gun, see XM2001 Crusader. Tank, Cruiser, Mk VI, Crusader A Crusader II tank in the Western Desert, 2 October 1942. Image: Imperial War Museum, London …
19Diesel fuel — Diesel oil redirects here. Sometimes diesel oil is used to mean lubricating oil for diesel engines. Diesel fuel (  / …
20drop tank — The auxiliary fuel tank(s) carried externally either under the wing (normally referred to as wing drop tank) or fuselage (called belly drop tank) and which can be jettisoned, if so desired. Fuel is consumed from drop tanks first and from the… …
