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2. Radio-controlled glider - Wikipedia

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   As full-size winch launching but using a small electric motor (usually based on a car starter motor) and a reverse pulley staked to the ground upwind. The launch speed is controlled by the pilot using a foot pedal. [3] A parachute is used (pulled shut by the launch tension) to assist in preventing the winch spool overrunning when the model is ...

3. Fifth-wheel coupling - Wikipedia

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   The coupling consists of a kingpin, a 2-or-3 + 1 ⁄ 2-inch-diameter (50.8 or 88.9 mm) vertical steel pin protruding from the bottom of the front of the semi-trailer, and a horseshoe-shaped coupling device called a fifth wheel on the rear of the towing vehicle. As the connected truck turns, the downward-facing surface of the semi-trailer (with ...

4. Remote control locomotive - Wikipedia

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   A remote control locomotive (also called an RCL) is a railway locomotive that can be operated with a remote control. It differs from a conventional locomotive in that a remote control system has been installed in one or more locomotives within the consist, which uses either a mechanical or radio transmitter and receiver system .

5. The Price of Money: A Largo Winch Adventure - Wikipedia

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   The Price of Money: A Largo Winch Adventure (also known as Largo Winch 3 and released in French as Largo Winch : Le Prix de l'argent) is a 2024 French-Belgian action-thriller film directed by Olivier Masset-Depasse and written by Giordano Gederlini and Domenico La Porta.

6. Unditching roller - Wikipedia

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   A M3 Scout Car showing the wide unditching roller at the front. The unditching roller is a device fitted to the front of military vehicles, such as the M3 Scout Car [1] and the M3 half-track, for the purpose of preventing the vehicle from getting stuck in an obstacle, such as a ditch.

7. Fly system - Wikipedia

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   Fly loft of the Theater Bielefeld in Germany. A fly system, or theatrical rigging system, is a system of ropes, pulleys, counterweights and related devices within a theater that enables a stage crew to fly (hoist) quickly, quietly and safely components such as curtains, lights, scenery, stage effects and, sometimes, people.