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FUSELAGE BAY [5 records]

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Record 1 2012-07-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Orbital Stations
OBS

The Payload Bay [is] the unpressurized mid part of the Orbiter fuselage behind the cabin aft bulkhead where most payloads are carried. Its maximum usable payload envelope is 15 feet(4. 6 meters) in diameter and 60 feet(18. 3 meter) long. Hinged doors extend the full length of the bay.

OBS

orbiter payload bay: term officially approved by the International Space Station official approval Group (ISSOAG).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Stations orbitales
OBS

Les portes de compartiment de charge utile d'Atlantis [orbiteur]

OBS

compartiment de charges utiles de l'orbiteur : terme uniformisé par le Groupe de travail de la terminologie de la Station spatiale internationale (GTTSSI).

Spanish

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Record 2 2005-07-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Aircraft Airframe
CONT

U-2 High Altitude Reconnaissance Aircraft (Dragon Lady), USA. ... A recorder for the ASARS-2 is installed in the equipment bay forward of the main landing gear well. ... The equipment bays E-bay and Q-bay just forward of the main landing gear contain electronics systems and sensor equipment.

CONT

Following Italian tradition, quite powerful ECM is to be housed internally in the equipment bay just forward of the left main undercarriage unit.

CONT

The EA-6B Prowler provides an umbrella of protection over strike aircraft, ground troops and ships by jamming enemy radar, electronic data links and communications. Features: ... A forward equipment bay, and pod-shaped faring on the vertical fin, house the additional avionics equipment.

OBS

equipment bay: term standardized by ISO.

OBS

Equipment bay: comprises the electronics (or "avionics") bay (E-bay) and the sensor bay (Q-bay).

PHR

Aft equipment bay, double equipment bay, forward equipment bay, nose equipment bay, rear fuselage equipment bay.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Cellule d'aéronefs
CONT

Le fuselage avait une section transversale presque circulaire, légèrement aplati en dessous. En avant du longeron principal, la partie supérieure du fuselage était constituée d'un compartiment d'équipements de mesure suivi de l'habitacle pressurisé avec un pare-brise moulé et une canopée articulée sur le coté.

CONT

Conformément à la coutume italienne, des systèmes CME puissants seront logés dans la soute à équipements; à l'avant gauche du train d'atterrissage principal.

OBS

compartiment d'équipements : terme normalisé par l'ISO. L'expression «compartiment équipement» est cependant mieux formée.

PHR

Compartiment équipement du nez de l'avion; compartiment équipement du fuselage avant; compartiment équipement du tronçon avant de fuselage.

Spanish

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Record 3 2005-02-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Aircraft Airframe
DEF

bomb doors: Panels opening outwards and downwards through which the bombs fall when released.

OBS

Bomb bay : That part of the fuselage of a bomber aircraft reserved for the storage of bombs and mines, flares and markers.

Key term(s)
  • bomb-bay door
  • bomb baydoor

French

Domaine(s)
  • Cellule d'aéronefs
OBS

trappe : Porte ou fenètre qui se lève ou se baisse dans une coulisse.

Spanish

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Record 4 2003-03-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Launchers (Astronautics)
CONT

Flash evaporator/ammonia boilers-these devices are located in the aft fuselage and transfer heat from Freon coolant loops overboard when cargo bay doors are closed or when cargo bay radiators are overloaded.... Ammonia boiler 1. Freon coolant loops pass through a tank of pressurized ammonia. 2. Heat released from the freon causes the ammonia to boil. 3. Ammonia vapor is dumped overboard.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Lanceurs (Astronautique)
OBS

Équipement du lanceur du programme Hermès.

Spanish

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Record 5 2002-07-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Flight Instruments and Equipment (Aeroindustry)
  • Aircraft Piloting and Navigation
  • Navigation Instruments
CONT

Armament and Equipment. Two fixed, forward-firing 23 mm cannon... in lower forward fuselage, one each side of nosewheel bay; associated gyro gunsight in pilot's cockpit.

CONT

Increasing the gyro channel ATV will increase the gain you have in the associated gyro mode. Decreasing the gyro channel ATV will decrease the gain you have in the associated gyro mode.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Instruments et équipement de bord (Constructions aéronautiques)
  • Pilotage et navigation aérienne
  • Instruments de navigation
CONT

L'instrument fondamental d'une centrale inertielle est [...] l'accéléromètre, qui mesure l'accélération dans une direction privilégiée appelée axe sensible. Trois accéléromètres travaillent selon trois axes sensibles parfaitement déterminés par des gyroscopes associés.

Spanish

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