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YAWING AXIS [2 records]

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Record 1 2015-02-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Flight Controls (Aeroindustry)
  • Aircraft Piloting and Navigation
DEF

The movement or an aircraft about the vertical axis.

CONT

The aircraft can rotate around three axes: the fore-and-aft axis (or the roll axis); the span-wise (nose-up/nose-down) axis or the pitch axis; and the nose-left/nose-right, or yaw axis.

OBS

yaw axis: term officially approved by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Commandes de vol (Constructions aéronautiques)
  • Pilotage et navigation aérienne
DEF

Axe perpendiculaire aux axes de roulis et de tangage.

CONT

[...] il effectue aussi des rotations autour des trois axes liés à la machine : axe de roulis (ou axe longitudinal, basculer droite/gauche), axe de tangage (axe transversal, piqué/cabré) et axe de lacet (axe vertical, rotation droite/gauche). Tous ces déplacements et rotations étant combinables, on imagine que toutes les trajectoires et attitudes instantanées sont possibles sous l'action d'un pilote expérimenté.

OBS

axe de lacet : terme uniformisé par l'Organisation de l'aviation civile internationale (OACI); les Comités d'uniformisation de la terminologie aéronautique (CUTA) - Opérations aériennes et Maintenance.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Mandos de vuelo (Industria aeronáutica)
  • Pilotaje y navegación aérea
OBS

eje de guiñada: término aceptado oficialmente por la Organización de Aviación Civil Internacional (OACI).

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Record 2 1980-09-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mechanics
DEF

An axis about which a horizontal axis wind machine changes its directional orientation.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mécanique
CONT

La régulation (de l'éolienne lente) se fera par articulation de l'empennage et par déplacement latéral de l'axe de la roue par rapport à l'axe d'orientation.

Spanish

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