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PITCH DECREASE [9 records]

Record 1 2016-02-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Audiovisual Techniques and Equipment
  • Telecommunications
DEF

An electronic device capable of compression and expansion of an audio signal(usually human speech) without corresponding increase or decrease in the pitch. Compressors may be built into audiotape recorders and may be of variable or fixed rate.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Audiovisuel (techniques et équipement)
  • Télécommunications

Spanish

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Record 2 2014-10-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Aircraft Piloting and Navigation
  • Aircraft Propulsion Systems
DEF

The acute angle between the no-lift direction and the plane normal to the hub axis.

OBS

Pitch is not the same as blade angle, but, because pitch is largely determined by blade angle, the two terms are often used interchangeably. An increase or decrease in one is usually associated with an increase or decrease in the other.

OBS

The usual symbol for blade angle is the Greek letter beta.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pilotage et navigation aérienne
  • Propulsion des aéronefs
DEF

Angle formé par la corde d'un profil [de pale] et le plan de rotation de l'hélice.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Pilotaje y navegación aérea
  • Sistemas de propulsión de aeronaves
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Record 3 2003-03-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Launching and Space Maneuvering
CONT

The effect of the pitch thruster firings to decrease the roll rate, however, was smaller than expected, so the... experts decided to reduce the roll rate by use of the momentum wheels. At a roll rate of 12 arcsec/s the star sensor unit was able to track a star for a sufficient time to allow the spacecraft to be transitioned into RMW [Roll Maneuver Wheels] mode...

OBS

pitch thruster: term officially approved by the International Space Station official approval Group (ISSOAG).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Lancement et manœuvres dans l'espace
OBS

micropropulseur de tangage : terme uniformisé par le Groupe de travail de la terminologie de la Station spatiale internationale (GTTSSI).

Spanish

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Record 4 2001-08-31

English

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

During a turn the nose of the aircraft is continually pitching up. Your pitch gyro will see this and attempt to stop it. This results in the nose dropping, and a decrease in altitude. Your pressure sensor will sense this loss of altitude and attempt to correct it. So, effectively, the gyro and pressure sensor will be working against each other(slightly) and the end result is that your plane will not hold the desired altitude, but one slightly lower than the desired altitude. This is especially true in the early portions of the turn.

Key term(s)
  • pitch gyroscope

French

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

Les premiers vols se sont avérés critiques surtout que nous n'avions qu'un gyro en tangage, pas de barre de Bell et une tête rigide.

Spanish

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Record 5 1999-02-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Aircraft Propulsion Systems
CONT

The propeller governor incorporates an adjustable stop, which limits the maximum speed at which the engine can run. As soon as the takeoff r.p.m. is reached, the propeller moves off the low-pitch stop. The larger propeller blade angle increases the load on the engine, thus maintaining the prescribed maximum engine speed.

OBS

[The Allison A6441FN-606 and 606A turbopropeller has the two following features :] Mechanical Low-Pitch Stop(MLPS). The mechanical low-pitch stop is designed to prevent the inadvertent entry of the blades into the beta range during flight in the event of propeller-control-system malfunction. The MLPS with a setting of 18. 25 to 18. 5 ° "backs up" the normal hydraulic low-pitch stops. Hydraulic Low-Pitch Stop(HLPS). The hydraulic low-pitch stop is designed to prevent the propeller hydraulic governor from decreasing the blade angle into the beta range during governing operation. The HLPS has a setting of 20 ° blade angle from 30 to 68 ° coordinator. From 68 to 90 ° coordinator HLPS is scheduled from 20 to approximately 31. 5 ° blade angle. This scheduling is called beta follow-up and means that the propeller pitch cannot decrease below 20 or 30 ° during constant-speed operation controlled by the governor.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Propulsion des aéronefs
CONT

Pour protéger l'avion et le moteur, il est nécessaire de prévoir une butée à l'intérieur du mécanisme [de changement de pas] qui interdit de descendre au-dessous d'une certaine valeur. La position de pas minimum pour le vol est dite : "butée petit pas vol".

CONT

Effacement de la butée Petit pas vol (P.P.V.) pour permettre le démarrage et la mise en puissance du moteur et pour obtenir un freinage aérodynamique à l'atterrissage (il faut amener l'hélice en petit pas sol (...) Mise en place de la butée PPV à l'affichage de la puissance de décollage (...)

CONT

L'hélice est à pas variable et commande hydraulique à double effet; elle est tractive à droite et possède trois butées mécaniques : les butées "Drapeau" [butée drapeau] et "Réversion" [butée pas nul] limitent la plage de débattement angulaire des pales; la troisième, escamotable, constitue un dispositif de sécurité vers la position en pas nul. L'hélice comporte deux sécurités : - l'une "Butée Petit Pas Vol" constituée par la butée mécanique escamotable citée ci-dessus; elle est à déverrouillage hydraulique, et l'hélice ne la franchit qu'après impact au sol (...)

Key term(s)
  • butée P.P.V.

Spanish

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Record 6 1991-02-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Cooling and Ventilating Systems
CONT

Fan Blade Pitch Variation. Vaneaxial fans are available with adjustable pitch blades to permit varying the fan's performance. This may be used to increase or decrease system capacity on direct drive fans, depending upon the original selection.... One method of fan-blade pitch variation allows for a change in pitch while the fan is in operation.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Systèmes de refroidissement et de ventilation

Spanish

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Record 7 1991-02-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Cooling and Ventilating Systems
CONT

Vaneaxial fans are available with adjustable pitch blades to permit varying the fan's performance. This may be used to increase or decrease system capacity on direct drive fans, depending upon the original selection.

CONT

Variable-pitch blades for axial fans can be controlled to reduce flow and power by changing the angle that the blades deviate from the axis of the shaft.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Systèmes de refroidissement et de ventilation
CONT

Les ventilateurs axiaux à pales à pas variables peuvent réduire le débit et la puissance en changeant l'angle entre les pales et l'axe de la roue.

CONT

Ventilateur à pales ajustables; ventilateur à pales non ajustables.

OBS

Régulation par pas variable.

Spanish

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Record 8 1990-12-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Cooling and Ventilating Systems
CONT

Vaneaxial fans are available with adjustable pitch blades to permit varying the fan's performance. This may be used to increase or decrease system capacity on direct drive fans, depending upon the original selection.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Systèmes de refroidissement et de ventilation
CONT

Ventilateur : du type hélicoïde, à entraînement direct, équilibré en usine, revêtu d'un apprêt anticorrosion et muni d'un protecteur de sécurité.

Spanish

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Record 9 1987-05-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Helicopters (Military)
  • Flight Instruments and Equipment (Aeroindustry)
OBS

Term officialized by the ATSC - Helicopters.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Hélicoptères (Militaire)
  • Instruments et équipement de bord (Constructions aéronautiques)
OBS

Terme uniformisé par le CUTA - Hélicoptères.

Spanish

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