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This page lists the standard US nomenclature used in the description of mechanical gear construction and function, together with definitions of the terms. The terminology was established by the American Gear Manufacturers Association (AGMA), under accreditation from the American National Standards Institute (ANSI).
The Y-Body also has 4-wheel independent suspension. Like a standard rear-wheel drive, front-engined chassis, the Y-Body's V8 engine is longitudinally mounted, but unlike many such cars, the Y-Body incorporates a rear-mounted transmission (1997-present) instead of a transmission mounted directly to the engine.
The GM C Platform was a rear wheel drive (RWD) automobile chassis used by General Motors for its full-sized cars from 1925 through 1984. From at least 1941, when the B-body followed suit in adopting the C-body's pioneering lower and wider bodystyle, abandoning running boards, it may be viewed as a larger and more upscale brother to the GM B platform.
A tailhook, arresting hook, or arrester hook is a device attached to the empennage (rear) of some military fixed-wing aircraft. The hook is used to achieve rapid deceleration during routine landings aboard aircraft carrier flight decks at sea, or during emergency landings or aborted takeoffs at properly equipped airports.
M1C Helmet. The M1C helmet was a variant of the U.S. Army's popular and iconic M1 helmet.Developed in World War II to replace the earlier M2 helmet, it was not made available until issued to paratroopers in January 1945. [1]
[6] [8] Once on the ground, a tailhook mounted on the aircraft catches an arresting wire connected to two disk brake drums which can stop the aircraft in less than 170 feet (52 m). [6] The aircraft is part of a larger system which currently uses the M1152-series of Humvees for ground transport of all ground and air equipment. A Shadow 200 ...
The Royal Air Force Museum's replica Bristol M.1C (G-BLWM) One remaining original Bristol M.1 survives and is preserved at the Harry Butler Memorial, Minlaton, South Australia. This is the former RAF aircraft C5001, which was brought to Australia in 1921 by Captain Harry Butler and flown by him under the Australian civil registration VH-UQI.
The CJ-1000A is being developed for the Comac C919 narrow-body airliner with a thrust of 98–196 kN; 22,000–44,000 lbf. [2] It has a diameter of 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) and a length of 3.29 m (10.8 ft), compared with the 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) diameter and 3.32 m (10.9 ft) length of the CFM LEAP-1C. It uses a similar two-spool configuration to the ...