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A week after taking command, Moosally and his executive officer, Mike Fahey, canceled a planned $1 million repair package for Iowa ' s main gun batteries, including repairs to the main gun turrets' lighting, electrical, powder hoists, and hydraulic systems—75 detailed deficiencies in all; instead, the funds were spent on overhauling the ship's powerplant. [10]
A dud (also a misfire or failure to fire) occurs when the trigger is pulled but the primer or powder in the cartridge malfunctions, causing the firearm not to discharge. Dud rounds can still be dangerous and should be deactivated and disposed of properly. [citation needed]
From 8 to 15 April 1968, he sailed the ship down the Elizabeth River and out into the waters off the Virginia Capes for post-repair trials, the ship's first time at sea in 207 days. While accomplishing trials, the ship also recorded its first arrested landing since the fire, when Commander Robert E. Ferguson, Commander, CVW-17, landed on board.
In spark-ignition internal combustion engines, knocking (also knock, detonation, spark knock, pinging or pinking) occurs when combustion of some of the air/fuel mixture in the cylinder does not result from propagation of the flame front ignited by the spark plug, but when one or more pockets of air/fuel mixture explode outside the envelope of the normal combustion front.
Pressure in cylinder pattern in dependence on ignition timing: (a) - misfire, (b) too soon, (c) optimal, (d) too late. In a spark ignition internal combustion engine, ignition timing is the timing, relative to the current piston position and crankshaft angle, of the release of a spark in the combustion chamber near the end of the compression stroke.
Douglas DC-3C C-GCZG of Aviation Boreal was damaged beyond repair when the undercarriage collapsed in a landing accident on the frozen surface of Kenty Lake in the Canadian province of Quebec. [54] 20 June In the United States, Douglas DC-3A N23WT of Loren Davis Ministries International was destroyed in a crash at Cut and Shoot, Texas.
Misfire may refer to: Misfire (Transformers), the Transformers character; Misfire, a 2014 American action film "Misfire" (That '70s Show), an episode from That ...
Malfunction indicator icon A malfunction indicator lamp, this one labeled "service engine soon". A MIL "check engine" light on a Volkswagen Bora indicating a fault in the engine management system.