- Industry: Aviation
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Aviation Supplies & Academics, Inc. (ASA) develops and markets aviation supplies, software, and books for pilots, flight instructors, flight engineers, airline professionals, air traffic controllers, flight attendants, aviation technicians and enthusiasts. Established in 1947, ASA also provides ...
The distance between the center of adjacent rivets in the same row in a riveted aircraft structure.
Industry:Aviation
The distance between the center of rivets in two adjacent rows. Transverse pitch is also called rivet gage.
Industry:Aviation
The distance between the leading edge of an airfoil and the location of the center of pressure expressed as a ratio of this distance to the length of the airfoil chord line.
If the center of pressure coefficient, which is expressed as “cp” on a set of airfoil characteristic curves, is 0.3, the center of pressure is located 30% of the chord line length behind the leading edge of the airfoil.
Industry:Aviation
The distance from a radio transmitting antenna to the point on the surface of the earth the reflected sky wave first touches after it has been bounced off the ionosphere.
Industry:Aviation
The distance from the center of a bolt hole or rivet hole to the edge of the metal sheet.
Industry:Aviation
The distance from the point of touchdown to the point where the aircraft can be brought to a stop or can exit the runway.
Industry:Aviation
The distance in inches between the forward allowable center of gravity and the rearward allowable center of gravity.
The allowable center of gravity range changes with the gross weight of the aircraft, and the gross weight must be specified for the center of gravity range to be meaningful.
In most modern aircraft, this center of gravity range is shown in the aircraft Type Certificate Data Sheets in the form of a center of gravity envelope.
Industry:Aviation
The distance on a lever between the fulcrum and the point of application of the force or the weight.
Industry:Aviation
The distance one can see upward into a surface-based obscuration. It is also the maximum height from which a pilot in flight can recognize the ground through a surface-based obscuration.
Industry:Aviation
