- 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 ...
A one-sided surface twisted in the form of a loop. A Mobius strip, or Mobius loop, is made by taking a long strip of material, holding one end stationary, twisting the other end 180°, and then joining the two ends.
Industry:Aviation
A pack of loose glass fibers that can be impregnated with a plastic resin to strengthen parts being formed in a mold.
Industry:Aviation
A packet of chemical crystals mounted in the aircraft cockpit or cabin where they are easily visible. The crystals change their color from yellow to green when they are exposed to carbon monoxide.
Industry:Aviation
A paddle-like tool with an airfoil-shaped cutout that is slipped over the propeller blade. A handle on the blade wrench is used to apply a twisting force to the blade. Blade wrenches are also called blade beams.
Industry:Aviation
A paint spray gun in which the material being sprayed is fed to the gun under pressure from a pressure pot or pressure cup. Pressure-fed spray guns are used when a large quantity of material is to be sprayed, or when the material is too heavy or too viscous to be picked up by a suction-fed spray gun.
Industry:Aviation
A paint used on the portion of an aircraft structure near the battery box. Some acid-resistant paints have a rubber or tar base, but polyurethane enamel is the most generally used modern acid-resistant paint.
“Acknowledge” (air traffic control). A request meaning “Let me know that you have received my message.”
Industry:Aviation
A pair of toothed wheels with the teeth cut on a surface at an angle other than 90° to the axis of the shaft on which the wheels are mounted. Bevel gears allow one shaft to drive another shaft that is not parallel to it.
Industry:Aviation
A pair of unlike metals that produce an electrical potential when they are covered with an electrolyte.
Copper and zinc form a commonly used galvanic couple. When a piece of copper and a piece of zinc are covered with the same electrolyte, a voltage is produced between them. The zinc, being the less noble of the two metals, forms the anode. Electrons leave the zinc and travel to the copper. The copper is the positive terminal of the galvanic couple, and the zinc is the negative terminal.
Industry:Aviation
A pair of wooden blocks used to clamp a sheet of metal to keep it from buckling when it is hammered with a mallet to shrink it.
Industry:Aviation
A pale gray, rare-earth, metallic chemical element. Samarium’s symbol is Sm, its atomic number is 62, and its atomic weight is 150.35. Samarium is used in laser technology and as an ingredient in infrared-absorbing glass.
Industry:Aviation
