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- Sinônimos
- power lever
- thrust lever
- Definição1
- The control in a aircraft engine that regulates the power or thrust the pilot desires the engine to develop. It is basically a control unit, which controls the amount of fuel or the fuel-air mixture that can enter the engine. It is controlled by a throttle lever in the cockpit. This lever is referred to colloquially as a throttle.
- Fonte1
- KUMAR, Bharat (ed.). An illustrated dictionary of aviation. New York: McGraw-Hill, c2005. 752 p.
- Fonte2
- DUTRA, Luiz Costa e Silva. Glossário aerotécnico: inglês-português. São Paulo: Traço, 1979. 469 p
- Fonte3
- INTERNATIONAL CIVIL AVIATION ORGANIZATION. Manual of aircraft accident and incident investigation. Part III: investigation. 1st ed. Montreal, 2014. (Doc. 9756)
- Contexto
- The throttle connections should be examined for correct connections and the ignition (if piston engine) checked from the switches to the distributor.
- Subárea1
- Aircraft Structure
- Related Term
- throttle body
- Português
- manete