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rated continuous OEI (one engine inoperative) power. reach
within the operating limitations established for the established under Part 33, and limited in use to periods
engine under FAR part 33, for continued one-flight of not over 5 minutes for takeoff operation.
operation after the failure of one engine in multiengine
rotorcraft, limited to three periods of use no longer than
rated takeoff thrust - With respect to turbojet engine
type certification, means the approved jet thrust that is
30 seconds each in any one flight, and followed by
developed statically under standard sea level
mandatory inspection and prescribed maintenance
conditions, without fluid injection and without the
action.
burning of fuel in a separate combustion chamber,
rated continuous OEI (one engine inoperative) power within the engine operating limitations established
- With respect to rotorcraft turbine engines, means the under Part 33 of this chapter, and limited in use to
approved brake horsepower developed under static periods of not over 5 minutes for takeoff operation.
conditions at specified altitudes and temperatures
rated thrust - A manufacturer's guaranteed thrust as
within the operating limitations established for the
specified on the Type Certificate.
engine under FAR Part 33, and limited in use to the
time required to complete the flight after the failure of rate-of-climb indicator - A rate of air pressure change
one engine - of a multiengine - rotorcraft.
device that indicates the rate at which an airplane is
climbing or descending in feet per minute. Also
rated horsepower - The maximum horsepower an
referred to as a vertical speed indicator.
engine is approved to produce under a given set of
circumstances.
rate-of-tem~erature rise indicator - A thermocouple
fire detection system that depends on a rapid rate of
rated maximum continuous power - With respect to
temperature rise in order to operate. It will not indicate
reciprocating, turbopropeller, and turboshaft engines,
an overheat condition that has developed slowly.
means the approved brake horsepower that is
developed statically or in flight, in standard atmosphere rating - A statement that, as a part of a certificate, sets
at a specified altitude, within the engine operating forth special conditions, privileges, or limitations.
limitations established under Part 33, and approved for
unrestricted periods of use.
ratio - The relationship between one number and
another number expressed as a fraction. A proportion.
A -
rated maximum continuous thrust - With respect to
turbojet engine type certification, means the approved
ratiometer indicator - A DC remote-indicating system
whose pointer movement is determined by the ratio of
jet thrust that is developed statically or in flight, in
standard atmosphere at a specified altitude, without
current-flow between two resistors or portions of a
fluid iniection and without the burning of fuel in a
special variable resistor.
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separate combustion chamber, within the engine rationalization - A defense mechanism that students
operating limitations established under Part 33 of this employ when they cannot accept the real reason for
chapter, and approved for unrestricted periods of use.
rated maximum continuous augmented thrust - With
respect to turbojet engine type certification, means the
approved jet thrust that is developed statically or in
flight, in standard atmosphere at a specified altitude,
with fluid injection or with the burning of fuel in a
separate combustion chamber, within the engine
operating limitations established under Part 33 of this
chapter, and approved for unrestricted periods of use.
rated takeoff augmented thrust - With respect to
turbojet engine type certification, means the approved
jet thrust that is developed statically under standard sea
level conditions, with fluid injection or with the
burning of fuel in a separate combustion chamber,
within the engine operating limitations established
under Part 33 of this chapter, and limited in use to
periods of not over 5 minutes for takeoff operation.
rated takeoff Power - With respect to reciprocating,
their behavior. This permits them to substitute excuses
for reasons; moreover, they can make those excuses
plausible and acceptable to themselves. A subconscious
technique for justifying actions that otherwise would be
unacceptable.
rattail file - A steel tool that has a circular cross section
with hardened ridged surfaces, used in smoothing,
grinding, or boring. Also referred to as a round file.
rawhide mallet - A mallet made of rawhide wound into
a tight cylinder used to form sheet metal without
scratching it.
RC circuit - A circuit containing both resistance and
capacitance.
RC time constant - The time required to charge a
capacitor to 63.2% of its full-charge state through a
given resistance.
reach - The length of the shell thread of a spark plug.
turbopropeller, and turboshaft engine type certification,
means the approved brake horsepower that is for l3/,; and short-reach plugs for %".
developed statically under standard sea level
conditions, within the engine operating limitations
For 18 mm spark plugs, long-reach plugs are threaded
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