In aerodynamics, the flight envelope, service envelope, or performance envelope of an aircraft or spacecraft refers to the capabilities of a design in...
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Flight envelope protection is a human machine interface extension of an aircraft's control system that prevents the pilot of an aircraft from making control...
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Aircraft (redirect from Heavier than air flight)
instrumentation, navigation, radar, monitoring, and communications systems. The flight envelope of an aircraft refers to its approved design capabilities in terms...
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On August 9, 1978, the flight came close to crashing in downtown Athens. Despite maneuvers near the edge of the flight envelope, none of the 418 passengers...
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Fly-by-wire (redirect from Flight Augmentation Computer)
performance envelope. Mechanical and hydro-mechanical flight control systems are relatively heavy and require careful routing of flight control cables...
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Unmanned aerial vehicle (section Flight envelope)
of flight controllers, to ensure safety without excessive redundancy to minimize cost and weight. Besides, dynamic assessment of flight envelope allows...
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Kegworth air disaster (redirect from British Midland Flight 92)
flutter was unreliable and the fan blade had to be subjected to the full flight envelope to be certain of the test results. The accident was the first hull...
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Hot air balloon (redirect from The first hot air balloon flight in the United States)
balloon is a lighter-than-air aircraft consisting of a bag, called an envelope, which contains heated air. Suspended beneath is a gondola or wicker basket...
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Because the system is controlled electronically, the flight control system can provide flight envelope protection. The electronic system is subdivided between...
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altitude. The "corner" refers to the triangular shape at the top of a flight envelope chart where the stall speed and critical Mach number are within a few...
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