In aeronautics, inertia coupling, also referred to as inertial coupling and inertial roll coupling, is a potentially catastrophic phenomenon of high-speed...
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several deficiencies, which included its tendency of yaw instability and inertia coupling that led to numerous fatal accidents. On 27 September 1954, the F-100A...
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dangerous characteristic of fast (Mach 2 plus) supersonic flight: inertia coupling. Only Yeager's skills as an aviator prevented disaster; later Mel Apt...
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aircraft could have broken up. Walker and the X-3 had experienced "roll inertia coupling," in which a maneuver in one axis will cause an uncommanded maneuver...
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Titanium alloy construction; Underpowered, but provided insights into inertia coupling. X-4 Bantam Northrop USAF, NACA 1948 Transonic tailless aircraft X-5...
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vortex – Hypermobility – Hypersonic flight ICAO spelling alphabet – Inertia coupling – Inertial Navigation System – Infrared (IR) – Infrared search and...
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Yeager lost control of the X-1A at about 80,000 ft (24,000 m) due to inertia coupling, a phenomenon largely unknown at the time. With the aircraft simultaneously...
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A fluid coupling or hydraulic coupling is a hydrodynamic or 'hydrokinetic' device used to transmit rotating mechanical power. It has been used in automobile...
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(fully moving horizontal stabilizer) was mounted atop the fin to reduce inertia coupling. Because the vertical fin was only slightly shorter than the length...
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struggling with three sequential coupling modes, control coupling, inertial roll coupling and supersonic spinning. "Inertia coupling" and a subsonic inverted...
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