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3 +1 | Steering (or directional) system of the tail skid (or tail skid steering system) |
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Steering (or directional) system of the tail skid (or tail skid steering system) Explanation: According to the Νέο Ελληνο-Αγγλικό Λεξικό Τεχνικών Ορών του Νικόλαο Απ. Πανταζή, “διευθυνόμενη βακτηρία” = “steerable tail skid”. Βακτηρία – by itself - = cane, crutch, shoe pad, tail skid or stick, and “Στυλίσκος βακτηρίας” = “tail skid strut”. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 57 mins (2022-10-31 11:26:34 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Also see: https://el.glosbe.com/en/el/steer -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 1 hr (2022-10-31 11:34:03 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- See the translation of: "The steering control shall be designed, constructed and fitted so as not to embody components or accessories, including the horn control and assembly accessories, capable of catching in the driver", in https://el.glosbe.com/en/el/steer -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 1 hr (2022-10-31 12:13:45 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- The reason I set my confidence level to "medium" for this answer was because my only source of the information that I provided was the Νέο Ελληνο-Αγγλικό Λεξικό Τεχνικών Ορών του Νικόλαο Απ. Πανταζή. However, that said, i have always found that dictionary to be very reliable and accurate for technical terminology so I have plenty of reasons to trust it. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 6 hrs (2022-10-31 17:26:10 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Also see: US1745808A 1930-02-04 Steerable tail skid for aeroplanes. US1972886A 1934-09-11 Spring suspension for vehicles. US1614639A 1927-01-18 Radius-rod and ... https://patents.google.com/patent/US1752183 Mar 27, 2003 — He has built many DR-1's and he used a steerable tail skid. Plane looked like it handled very well on the ground. Based on this I think this https://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/giant-scale-aircraft-3d-aer... The dangers and demands of piloting vintage aircraft. ... It has a steerable tail skid and a long fuselage that make for a very docile aircraft during .. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/air-space-magazine/lets-go-an... Feb 5, 2012 — The Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Company built four examples at its ... with a steerable tail skid that swiveled with rudder movement. https://www.aopa.org/news-and-media/all-news/2012/february/p... The Tiger is steered on the ground by a combination of tailskid steering and slipstream against rudder. If you are taxying downwind, you may get away with skid steering alone. If this is … https://tigermothclub.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/handl... -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 18 hrs (2022-11-01 05:23:24 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Tail skid can either be written as two separate words or joined together to form one single word. See its definitions in: https://www.dictionary.com/browse/tail-skid https://encyclopedia2.thefreedictionary.com/tail skid https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/tailski... https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/tailskid |
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