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When an aircraft is stationary with the propeller spinning (in calm air), the relative wind vector for each propeller blade is from the side. However, as the aircraft starts to move forward, the relative wind vector comes increasingly from the front. The propeller blade pitch must be increased to maintain optimum angle of attack to the relative ...
The turbo encabulator is a fictional electromechanical machine with a satirical technobabble description that became a famous in-joke among engineers after it was published by the British Institution of Electrical Engineers in their Students' Quarterly Journal in 1944.
The blade is made of non-rustproof carbon steel, blue-plastered by hand and finely forged from the base to the tip of the knife. The 90 mm (3.5 in) long blade shows patina (dark spots) caused by decades of use. It can easily be sharpened to a shaving sharp edge. Carbon steel is a popular choice for rough-use knives and cheaper options.
The propeller speed reduction unit of a Rolls-Royce R engine. A propeller speed reduction unit is a gearbox or a belt and pulley device used to reduce the output revolutions per minute (rpm) from the higher input rpm of the powerplant. [1]
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Blade: Original Motion Picture Score is an instrumental film score by American musician Mark Isham, which was released on September 8, 1998, through Varèse Sarabande. Recording sessions took place at Newman Scoring Stage, 20th Century Fox. Isham's score album won the 1999 ASCAP Film and Television Music Award in the category "Top Box Office ...
The tenor is a type of male singing voice and is the highest male voice within the modal register.The typical tenor voice lies between C 3 (C one octave below middle C), to the high C (C 5).