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YAW ANGLE [12 records]

Record 1 2016-02-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Aircraft Piloting and Navigation
CONT

Some AFCS [automatic flight control system] retain the use of the yaw channel to provide simple heading hold in forward flight while others use turn-coordination in yaw and hold heading by adjusting AOB [angle of bank].

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pilotage et navigation aérienne
OBS

chaîne de lacet : terme uniformisé par le Comité d'uniformisation de la terminologie aéronautique (CUTA) – Opérations aériennes.

Spanish

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Record 2 2015-04-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Transmission Systems (Motor Vehicles and Bicycles)
CONT

A relatively new technology is the electronically controlled "active differential. "An electronic control unit(ECU) uses inputs from multiple sensors including yaw rate, steering input angle, and lateral acceleration, and adjusts the distribution of torque to compensate for undesirable handling behaviours like understeer.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Transmission (Véhicules automobiles et bicyclettes)
CONT

Différentiel actif. Piloté par l’électronique, ce type de différentiel envoie la puissance sur les roues disposant de la meilleure adhérence. Sur certains modèles [de voitures], il est aussi capable d’accélérer la roue arrière extérieure au virage. Il est ainsi possible d’éviter le sous-virage pour améliorer l’agilité et retarder l’action de l'antidérapage.

Spanish

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Record 3 2014-10-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Aircraft Maneuvers
  • Helicopters (Military)
OBS

yaw angle : term officially approved by the Aeronautical Terminologie Standardization Committee(ATSC)-Helicopters.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Manœuvres d'aéronefs
  • Hélicoptères (Militaire)
OBS

angle de lacet : terme uniformisé par le Comité d'uniformisation de la terminologie aéronautique (CUTA) - Hélicoptères.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Maniobras de las aeronaves
  • Helicópteros (Militar)
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Record 4 2011-05-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Wind Energy
CONT

Due to the allowable rapid yaw rates of wind turbines with blade cyclic pitch variation, the two conventional separate control systems-yaw control for wind direction following and blade feathering control for regulating rotor speed and torque-can be replaced by a system with only a single control variable, the rotor yaw angle.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Énergie éolienne
OBS

La régulation de puissance par mise en drapeau consiste à obliger les pales à pivoter autour de leur axe mécanique de façon à réduire l’angle d’attaque, donc le Cz et enfin le couple moteur. Cette réduction de l’angle d’attaque est obtenue par augmentation du calage (angle que fait la corde du profil avec le plan de rotation de l’hélice) moyen des pales.

Spanish

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Record 5 2008-06-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Flight Instruments and Equipment (Aeroindustry)
DEF

A device that measures the angular direction of the airflow relative to the longitudinal vertical plane of the aircraft; this may be accomplished by a balanced vane or by a differential pressure sensor that aligns the detector to the airflow, and in so doing transmits the measured angle between the normal axis and the detector as the yaw angle.

OBS

yaw angle indicator : term officially approved by the Aeronautical Terminology Standardization Committee(ATSC)-Helicopters.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Instruments et équipement de bord (Constructions aéronautiques)
DEF

Dispositif qui mesure la direction angulaire de l'écoulement d'air relativement au plan vertical longitudinal de l'avion.

OBS

indicateur d'angle de lacet : terme uniformisé par le Comité d'uniformisation de la terminologie aéronautique (CUTA) - Hélicoptères.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Instrumentos y equipo de vuelo (Industria aeronáutica)
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Record 6 2003-05-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Aircraft Piloting and Navigation
CONT

In the last lesson we learned to turn using the ailerons to roll the aeroplane into a banked attitude, and the elevator to raise the nose slightly to maintain the required lift by increasing the wings’ angle of attack. But the rudder plays an important part here as well. As we roll into the turn adverse yaw will try to point the nose in the wrong direction and so we will need to apply rudder in the direction of the turn as we roll. Once we are established in the turn the design of modern ailerons is such that adverse yaw is greatly reduced and we may not need to continue to apply rudder to keep the ball in the middle.

PHR

Apply right, left rudder.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pilotage et navigation aérienne
PHR

Donner du pied à gauche, à droite.

Spanish

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Record 7 2002-03-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Optical Instruments
  • Optics
  • Scientific Instruments
CONT

It is also sometimes necessary to reduce the vertical tilt range by 1-2 degrees to make the picture look normal.

CONT

Auto-switchable, with front panel controls and adjustable vertical tilt, this rugged monitor provides extensive applications in broadcasting, cable, production and video conferencing.

CONT

Enter the horizontal pan-angle(field yaw, range-180 to +180), vertical tilt angle(field pitch, range-90 to 90), and rotation-angle(field roll, range-180 to 180). These angles specify the center position of the Image with respect to the panorama.

CONT

The new helmet mount eliminates "wobbling" and improves the vertical tilt, which is useful when a soldier is lying on the ground.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Instruments d'optique
  • Optique
  • Instruments scientifiques
CONT

Angle de l'élévation. L'angle d'élévation, en degrés. Cet angle correspond à l'inclinaison verticale de la surface de réflexion. Si la surface est inclinée vers le bas, l'angle est négatif. Si elle est inclinée vers le haut, l'angle est positif.

CONT

Inclinaison verticale = 54 degrés.

Spanish

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Record 8 2001-10-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Suspension Systems (Motor Vehicles and Bicycles)
DEF

The orientation of an aircraft’s axes in relation to some plane, especially the horizontal.

CONT

The attitude of an aircraft....is define d by the angles made by its axes with the relative airflow, or with the ground, respectively

OBS

This term has been lifted straight from aeronautics and applies to the body of a car relative to the ground in the same way as with an aircraft ...

OBS

... if using the term "attitude", beware the misleadingly similar term "attitude angle", which refers to an angle in yaw and not in pitch.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Suspension (Véhicules automobiles et bicyclettes)
DEF

Position d'équilibre des ressorts de suspension d'un véhicule par rapport au sol.

OBS

Si on a été amené à contrebraquer, lors de sa remise en ligne, les suspensions écrasées durant tout le virage retrouvent brutalement leur assiette si l'on ne s'y est pas préparé, c'est le tête à queue garanti.

Spanish

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Record 9 1991-12-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Air Transport
OBS

The ability to maintain stable, level flight, and to manoeuvre in a controlled fashion. There are three components to stability : roll, pitch, and yaw. Stability in "roll" is maintained and controlled by the ailerons; "pitch" is maintained by the dihedral angle of the wings, and controlled by the elevators; "yaw" is maintained by the keel effect of the fuselage, and controlled by the rudder.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Transport aérien

Spanish

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Record 10 1985-12-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Aerodynamics and Theory of Gases
CONT

The current air data system comprises fuselage-mounted probes, which are intended to gather three types of information-static and dynamic pressure, temperatures and airstream direction indicating angle of attack and yaw.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Théorie des gaz et aérodynamique

Spanish

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Record 11 1985-02-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Aircraft Propulsion Systems
CONT

The large inlet-plenum diameter of(the test cell) allows room to vary the angle of the freejet nozzle supplying air to the fuselage forebody/inlet/engine under test, between [+-] 15° in yaw and between +45° and-15° in pitch.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Propulsion des aéronefs

Spanish

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Record 12 1982-10-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Aeroindustry
CONT

The flight augmentation computer [of the Airbus 300] determines trim settings, controls yaw damping and provides angle of attack protection, defining an ’alpha floor’ in all flight conditions. All built-in test circuitry is connected to a central master test panel usable in flight or on the ground.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Constructions aéronautiques
CONT

(...) le calculateur d'augmentation de stabilité assure les fonctions de réglage du trim, d'amortissement en lacet, et d'avertisseur d'incidence limite (en élaborant la valeur «plancher alpha» dans toutes les conditions de vol). Tous les circuits d'autovérification sont reliés à un tableau central de test utilisable en vol et au sol.

Spanish

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