Vertical loop — on the Shockwave coaster at Six Flags over Texas … Wikipedia
Vertical axis wind turbine — Vertical axis wind turbines (VAWT) are a type of wind turbine where the main rotor shaft runs vertically. Among the advantages of this arrangement are that generators and gearboxes can be placed close to the ground, and that VAWT do not need to… … Wikipedia
vertical reverse — A combat maneuver used for repositioning. The maneuver can be used when an attack or a maneuver is completed with a vertical climb. The aircraft continues straight up until it loses its flying speed. It is then ruddered around very sharply into a … Aviation dictionary
stall turn — An aerobatic maneuver in which the aircraft is pulled up into a vertical climb, the throttles are pulled back, and then the full rudder is applied to one side. The aircraft cartwheels to one side at a near zero IAS (indicated air speed) and… … Aviation dictionary
vertical renversement — noun : an air maneuver in which an airplane reverses its direction of flight by pulling up in a vertical climb until stall, dropping the nose in a wingover, and doing a half roll … Useful english dictionary
whip stall — A type of intentional stall in which an airplane goes into a vertical or almost vertical climb, pauses, slips backward momentarily, and drops nose downward. It is the same as a hammerhead stall, although the latter is not necessarily intentional … Aviation dictionary
Post and stall — Post Post, n. [AS., fr. L. postis, akin to ponere, positum, to place. See {Position}, and cf. 4th {Post}.] 1. A piece of timber, metal, or other solid substance, fixed, or to be fixed, firmly in an upright position, especially when intended as a… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
whip stall — noun Date: 1924 a stall during a vertical climb in which the nose of the airplane whips violently forward and then downward … New Collegiate Dictionary
hammerhead stall — noun : a maneuver in which an airplane pulls up in a vertical climb until it almost stalls and then drops the nose in a wingover so that direction of flight is reversed … Useful english dictionary
Abkürzungen/Luftfahrt/S–Z — Dies ist der fünfte Teil der Liste Abkürzungen/Luftfahrt. Liste der Abkürzungen Teil 1 A A Teil 2 B–D B; C; D Teil 3 E–K E; F; G; H; I; J; … Deutsch Wikipedia