16 definitions by victorhadin
by victorhadin March 25, 2003
A lens which focuses light rays from a source into parallel paths, thus focusing the image relayed at infinity. Highly useful in Head-Up-Display systems, for obvious reasons.
This will be the 2nd in my series of largely useless technical jargon, which will continue as it is more fun writing this than writing a report on the performance and aerodynamics of an MAV.
-For more amusing and less contrived definitions, look up my ones for France or Europe. They're OK.
-For more amusing and less contrived definitions, look up my ones for France or Europe. They're OK.
by victorhadin December 7, 2003
by victorhadin March 25, 2003
-Doesn't actually exist. There is no such faction or mindset as an 'evolutionist', which has so far not prevented the more literal-minded creationists from leaping on the title.
by victorhadin December 8, 2003
The ability of an aircraft or aerial vehicle to maintain accurate pitch control in the post-stall regime of high-alpha flight.
Evident in:
-Eurofighter Typhoon.
-Su37.
-F22.
-Most Hollywood fighters. Hollywood clearly knows things the aerospace industry doesn't.
Ha. Let's see how many people bother looking *this* up. ;)
-Eurofighter Typhoon.
-Su37.
-F22.
-Most Hollywood fighters. Hollywood clearly knows things the aerospace industry doesn't.
Ha. Let's see how many people bother looking *this* up. ;)
by victorhadin December 7, 2003
The horseshoe vortex system is a simple vortex model for an aircraft or lifting body which fits a box-shaped vortex system out from the wing. This is made up of the wing vortex, trailing vortices (see trailing vortex) and starting vortex. The latter is a vortex formed due to changes in the vorticity of the wing vortex, i.e due to changes in airspeed.
by victorhadin December 8, 2003
A SCRamjet, or Supersonic Combustion Ramjet, is a propulsive device with no compressor stage or turbine. Like the ramjet, it compresses incoming air via shock formation and kinetic means as a result of it's own forward speed.
The key difference between a ramjet and scramjet is that the scramjet, as it's name suggests, may combust a fuel/ air mix at supersonic velocity, whereas a ramjet slows and compresses incoming air to subsonic velocity before combustion.
The scramjet is useful in the field of hypersonic propulsion systems.
The key difference between a ramjet and scramjet is that the scramjet, as it's name suggests, may combust a fuel/ air mix at supersonic velocity, whereas a ramjet slows and compresses incoming air to subsonic velocity before combustion.
The scramjet is useful in the field of hypersonic propulsion systems.
The United States is experimenting with hypersonics for military means. Air-breathing scramjets are the usual source of propulsion.
by victorhadin December 7, 2003