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nacelle

NOUN
  1. a streamlined enclosure for an aircraft engine

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  • Dense smoke coming out of No 4 engine cowling ( engine nacelle ), fire suspected.
  • Each time, Macdonald was able to recover by pushing the thumbwheel switch to tilt the nacelles forward and put the rotors into undisturbed air. The Dream Machine
  • The center section of the wing, installed beneath the fuselage, carried the two engine nacelles and the retractable landing gear.
  • The oil tanks were carried in each engine nacelle.
  • Also, while working on the plane we spotted the outline of a bell under a coat of paint on the nacelle.
  • The ‘car’ is powered by four engines, similar to standard car engines, which power enclosed fans in rotating nacelles (providing downward and rearward thrust).
  • On the safety concern I believe nowadays the outer skin can be made of materials able to withstand the impact of birds etc without being too heavy, compartimentalisation helps too, to keep toying with ideas I reckon one of the nacelles could be jettisonable and have a big fat parachute. Wired Top Stories
  • Comfortable at dish box container, nacelle, tracery wall , window box and balcony help advance somebody's career.
  • Oil and fuel coming from three failed cylinders created a fire on the outboard side of the engine nacelle.
  • The aircraft had full NACA cowlings and new nacelles while fabric replaced metal covering on the control surfaces.
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