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2. Trim tab - Wikipedia

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   Typical trim tabs on aileron, rudder and elevator. Trim tabs are small surfaces connected to the trailing edge of a larger control surface on a boat or aircraft, used to control the trim of the controls, i.e. to counteract hydro- or aerodynamic forces and stabilise the boat or aircraft in a particular desired attitude without the need for the operator to constantly apply a control force.

3. Bennett Offshore - Wikipedia

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   Bennett Offshore, L.L.C., [3] is an independent naval architecture, design and consulting firm founded in 1997 by William T. Bennett, Jr., to deliver engineering services to the offshore industry. Bennett headquarters are located in Houston, Texas, and the company has an engineering office in New Orleans, Louisiana. Bennett Offshore provides ...

4. Boeing 314 Clipper - Wikipedia

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   The Boeing 314 Clipper was an American long-range flying boat produced by Boeing from 1938 to 1941. One of the largest aircraft of its time, it had the range to cross the Atlantic and Pacific oceans.

5. Servo tab - Wikipedia

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   An anti-servo tab on the elevator of an American Aviation AA-1 Yankee. An anti-servo tab, or anti-balance tab, works in the opposite way to a servo tab. It deploys in the same direction as the control surface, making the movement of the control surface more difficult and requires more force applied to the controls by the pilot.

6. James Gordon Bennett (pilot boat) - Wikipedia

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   The James Gordon Bennett replaced the pilot boat A. T. Stewart, that was lost in 1869. At the launch and naming ceremony, Katie Chapman, daughter of Captain Daniel C. Chapman, gave the boat the name James Gordon Bennett in honor of James Gordon Bennett, Jr., publisher of the New York Herald. Captain Chapman supervised the construction of the ...

7. Bolt snap - Wikipedia

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   This tab slides in a short slot in the outer side of the hole in the shaft. There is a compression coil spring in the hole in the shaft between the gate bolt and the bottom of the hole, which will return the bolt to rest against the tip of the hook when released, preventing passage of anything in either direction through the mouth of the hook ...