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FLETTNER [8 records]

Record 1 2018-03-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Aircraft Propulsion Systems
  • Ship and Boat Parts
  • Aircraft Piloting and Navigation
  • Ship Piloting

French

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

Petit volet compensateur situé à l’arrière d’une gouverne d’avion ou du système de pilotage automatique d’un bateau.

OBS

flettner : terme uniformisé par le Comité d’uniformisation de la terminologie aéronautique(CUTA)-Opérations aériennes.

Spanish

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Record 2 2010-04-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Aircraft Airframe
  • Aircraft Maneuvers
OBS

... in order to trim an elevator to hold the nose down, the elevator's trim tab will actually rise up into the slipstream. The increased pressure on top of the trim tab surface caused by raising it will then deflect the entire elevator slab down slightly, causing the tail to rise and the aircraft's nose to move down. In the case of an aircraft where deployment of high-lift devices (flaps) would significantly alter the longitudinal trim, a supplementary trim tab is arranged to simultaneously deploy with the flaps so that pitch attitude is not markedly changed.

OBS

elevator trim tab: term standardized by ISO.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Cellule d'aéronefs
  • Manœuvres d'aéronefs
CONT

[...] en tangage [...] le compensateur le plus courant (quasiment indispensable) est le compensateur de profondeur, qui contrôle l’appareil sur l’axe de tangage (tendance à piquer ou à cabrer).

OBS

compensateur de profondeur : terme normalisé par l’ISO.

Spanish

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Record 3 2010-04-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Aircraft Airframe
  • Aircraft Maneuvers
CONT

Control and servo tabs are employed on large aircraft to assist the pilot in moving the primary control surface. When the pilot applies manual force to a surface control in the cockpit, the control or servo tab moves in a direction opposite the desired motion of the control surface. Aerodynamic forces against the tab produce movement of the control surface in the proper direction.

OBS

Servo tabs are very similar in operation and appearance to the trim tabs ... Servo tabs, sometimes referred to as flight tabs, are used primarily on the large main control surfaces. They aid in moving the control surface and holding it in the desired position. Only the servo tab moves in response to the movement of the cockpit control.

OBS

servo-tab: term standardized by ISO.

Key term(s)
  • servo control tab

French

Domaine(s)
  • Cellule d'aéronefs
  • Manœuvres d'aéronefs
OBS

servo-tab : terme uniformisé par le Comité d’uniformisation de la terminologie aéronautique (CUTA) - Opérations aériennes.

OBS

servo tab : terme uniformisé par le Comité d’uniformisation de la terminologie aéronautique (CUTA) - Maintenance.

OBS

servocompensateur : terme normalisé par l’ISO.

Key term(s)
  • servo flettner
  • servotab
  • servo tab
  • servo-compensateur
  • servo compensateur
  • servoflettner

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Célula de aeronaves
  • Maniobras de las aeronaves
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Record 4 2010-04-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Aircraft Airframe
  • Aircraft Maneuvers
OBS

The control tab for the elevator produces a force to raise or lower the elevator in response to the operation of the control column. When the tab is caused to move down, the elevator receives an up force. The effect of the tab is assisted by the static balance weight and by the air pressure on the elevator balance panel.

Key term(s)
  • elevator servotab
  • elevator servo tab

French

Domaine(s)
  • Cellule d'aéronefs
  • Manœuvres d'aéronefs
OBS

«flettner»(n. m) : Petite surface située à l'arrière d’une gouverne et destinée à réduire les efforts du pilote pendant le braquage.

OBS

servo-tab de profondeur : terme uniformisé par le Comité d’uniformisation de la terminologie aéronautique (CUTA) - Opérations aériennes.

Key term(s)
  • servotab de profondeur
  • servotab de gouverne de profondeur

Spanish

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Record 5 2010-02-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Aircraft Airframe
  • Aircraft Maneuvers
CONT

Control and servo tabs are employed on large aircraft to assist the pilot in moving the primary control surface. When the pilot applies manual force to a surface control in the cockpit, the control or servo tab moves in a direction opposite the desired motion of the control surface. Aerodynamic forces against the tab produce movement of the control surface in the proper direction.

OBS

Servo tabs are very similar in operation and appearance to the trim tabs ... Servo tabs, sometimes referred to as flight tabs, are used primarily on the large main control surfaces. They aid in moving the control surface and holding it in the desired position. Only the servo tab moves in response to the movement of the cockpit control.

OBS

servo-tab: term standardized by ISO.

Key term(s)
  • servo control tab

French

Domaine(s)
  • Cellule d'aéronefs
  • Manœuvres d'aéronefs
OBS

servo-tab : terme uniformisé par le Comité d’uniformisation de la terminologie aéronautique (CUTA) - Opérations aériennes.

OBS

servo tab : terme uniformisé par le Comité d’uniformisation de la terminologie aéronautique (CUTA) - Maintenance.

OBS

servocompensateur : terme normalisé par l’ISO.

Key term(s)
  • servo flettner
  • servotab
  • servo tab
  • servo-compensateur
  • servo compensateur
  • servoflettner

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Célula de aeronaves
  • Maniobras de las aeronaves
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Record 6 2009-03-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Electric Rotary Machines - Types
  • Wind Energy

French

Domaine(s)
  • Machines tournantes électriques - types
  • Énergie éolienne

Spanish

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Record 7 2000-12-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Ship Engineering (Naval Forces)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Service machines (navires de surface, Forces navales)
OBS

rotor Flettner : terme uniformisé par le Comité de normalisation de la terminologie navale.

Spanish

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Record 8 1985-11-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Types of Ships and Boats

French

Domaine(s)
  • Types de bateaux
OBS

(pêche)

Spanish

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