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Horseshoe vortex

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.
I can't honestly think of a good example for you. Sorry
by victorhadin December 7, 2003
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Japan

1) World's second largest single economy (disregarding Eurozone).
2) World class producers of automobiles.
3) World class producers of small electronic gizmos with no readily identifiable use.
4) World class producers of animated tentacle-rape porn, disturbingly....
5) One of the few countries to feature vending machines with schoolgirl knickers in.
6) Has really perfected the *art* of toilet making. Music and automatic scent release, from a toilet shaped like a mouth? Fantastic!
7) Has the world's second largest defence budget, in real terms.
8) Doesn't seem to do much with that money. One can only assume that a giant robot godzilla is around the corner.
9) Limited land area. One can only ski for a short distance before smacking into the side of a cooperative bank.
Japan. An odd place to visit.
by victorhadin December 7, 2003
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Collimating lens

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.
by victorhadin December 7, 2003
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Supermanouevreability

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. ;)
by victorhadin December 7, 2003
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Cyrillic

An alphabetical system, highly phonetic in nature, used in many Eastern European and traditionally orthodox nations.

-Confused the living crap out of me when I visited Bulgaria.
Bulgarian use the cyrillic alphabet.
by victorhadin December 7, 2003
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wanker

Slang.

1) One who masturbates to excess.
2) One who uses the word 'skillz' and takes it seriously.
"Stop saying skillz, you bloody wanker! Speak properly!"
by victorhadin March 25, 2003
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color

Slang.

Colonial slang of 'colour'.
"Behold, for I cannot spell color correctly!"
by victorhadin March 25, 2003
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