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AIRPLANE MODEL [7 records]

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Record 1 2016-06-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Flight Simulators (Aeroindustry)
CONT

Convertible simulator is a simulator in which hardware and software can be changed so that the simulator becomes a replica of a different model, usually of the same type airplane.

CONT

Convertible simulators will be addressed as a separate simulator for each model and series to which the simulator will be converted and an approval sought.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Simulateurs de vol (Constructions aéronautiques)
CONT

Les simulateurs transformables sont considérés comme des simulateurs distincts et sont classés en fonction de chacun des modèles et chacune des séries d'avions qu'ils simulent et pour lesquels on a demandé une homologation.

Spanish

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Record 2 2015-03-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Types of Aircraft
DEF

A heavier-than-air aircraft supported in flight chiefly by the reactions of the air on planes to which a flapping motion is imparted.

CONT

The ornithopter is made of light-weight materials, like Kevlar and carbon fibers, and weighs only 9 pounds, despite a wingspan of 10 feet. The craft, which is almost 5 feet long is powered by a model helicopter engine and has radio controls for the throttle, rudder and elevator. A fully developed ornithopter might combine the best characteristics of helicopters and fixed-wing aircraft. It could hover like a helicopter but fly forward more like an airplane.

OBS

ornithopter: term and definition officially approved by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO); term standardized by ISO.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Types d'aéronefs
DEF

Aérodyne dont la sustentation en vol est obtenue principalement par la réaction de l'air sur des plans animés d'un mouvement de battement.

OBS

ornithoptère : terme et définition uniformisés par l'Organisation de l'aviation civile internationale (OACI); terme normalisé par l'ISO.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Tipos de aeronaves
DEF

Aerodino que principalmente se mantiene en vuelo en virtud de las reacciones que ejerce el aire sobre planos a los cuales se imparte un movimiento de batimiento.

OBS

[...] carece de hélices o de reactores y [...] la propulsión se obtiene batiendo las alas a imitación de las aves.

OBS

ornitóptero: término y definición aceptados oficialmente por la Organización de Aviación Civil Internacional (OACI).

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Record 3 2014-10-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Aeronautical Engineering and Maintenance
  • Engineering Tests and Reliability
OBS

wind tunnel : a tunnellike passage through which air is blown at a known velocity to determine the effects of wind pressure on an object(as an airplane part or model or a guided missile) placed in the passage.

OBS

wind-tunnel model: term standardized by ISO.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Aérotechnique et maintenance
  • Fiabilité, contrôle et essais (Ingénierie)
CONT

Étude des phénomènes de développement des ondes de choc sur modèles en soufflerie.

OBS

maquette de soufflerie : terme normalisé par l'ISO.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Ingeniería aeronáutica y mantenimiento
  • Fiabilidad y ensayos (Ingeniería)
CONT

[...] utilizando una técnica usada por primera vez en la industria aeroespacial, se realizaron pruebas aerodinámicas en un modelo de túnel aerodinámico con dinámica de fluidos computacional ejecutándose en súper ordenadores de alta velocidad.

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Record 4 2010-10-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Drugs and Drug Addiction
  • Chemistry
CONT

There are an uncounted number of readily and legally available volatile substances that can be used to achieve a state of intoxication.

CONT

Volatile substances are divided into two groups : solvents and gases. Some examples of volatile substances are model airplane glue, gasoline, paint-stripping preparations, nail polish, nail polish remover, varsol and chloroform.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Drogues et toxicomanie
  • Chimie
CONT

On peut se procurer facilement et licitement sur le marché une infinité de substances volatiles enivrantes.

Spanish

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Record 5 2003-03-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Model and Figure Making (Hobbies)
DEF

... model aeroplane ... tethered by fine wires or cables (the lines) so that it is forced to fly in a circle.

CONT

Control-line model airplanes are flown in a circle, attached to a handle by a set of lines. The pilot can control the flight of the model by manipulating the handle. Flying model airplanes on lines has a long and illustrious history. The earliest attempts at "control-line" used one line attached to a long pole. The pilot would cause the airplane to climb or dive by "leading" it with the pole. The person usually credited with inventing the now widely used two line system is Jim Walker, who came up with the idea sometime in the 30s or 40s. The two line system(often referred to a "U-Control", and used on perhaps 99% of control line models) uses a triangular bellcrank to transfer the movement of the wires to the pushrod, connected to the elevator and/or flap control horns. Some Speed flyers use "monoline", which is a system that utilizes line twisting for control.

CONT

Bellcrank: The pivoted wood, metal, or plastic arm which converts the motion of the control lines to up-and-down movement of the elevators in a control line model aeroplane.

Key term(s)
  • control line model airplane
  • control line model aeroplane

French

Domaine(s)
  • Construction de maquettes (Passe-temps)
OBS

Le vol circulaire commandé. Dans cette catégorie, les modèles équipés de moteurs, en général thermiques, sont pilotés avec deux câbles en acier de longueur bien déterminée, munis d'une poignée permettant d'actionner la commande de profondeur. L'action de monter ou descendre fera donc évoluer le modèle dans un volume semi-sphérique, centré sur le pilote. Pour ce type de modèles, il existe toutes sortes de possibilités : - La voltige [;] - Le combat [;] - Le «Team-Racing» [...]

Key term(s)
  • avion à vol circulaire

Spanish

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Record 6 1997-06-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Types of Trade Goods
DEF

a commercially packaged set of parts (as of a scale model, boat, or automobile accessory) usually ready to assemble and often accompanied by finishing materials and tools.

CONT

a radio kit, a model airplane kit.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Types d'objets de commerce
DEF

Ensemble d'éléments vendus prêts à monter et accompagnés d'une notice explicative détaillée pour permettre à l'acheteur de les assembler lui-même.

CONT

Voiture, bateau, meuble, appareil, jouet en kit, vendu en kit.

OBS

Recommandation officielle : prêt-à-monter; lot.

Spanish

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Record 7 1995-10-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mathematics
  • Computer Graphics
DEF

By definition, en automorphic model, i. e, a model(in the sense used in "model airplane") patterned after itself.

OBS

The relation of identity is an automorphic relation.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mathématiques
  • Infographie
DEF

Modèle automorphe.

OBS

Voir automorphisme.

Spanish

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