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turn coordinator
- Definição1
- An instrument similar to a turn and slip indicator but that shows the roll rate as well as the turn rate and the slip. The ball is in the center when a coordinated turn is being executed with the roll rate and/or the rate of turn shown by the instrument.
- Fonte1
- KUMAR, Bharat (ed.). An illustrated dictionary of aviation. New York: McGraw-Hill, c2005. 752 p.
- Definição2
- An instrument that shows the pilot if the aircraft is in coordinated flight or if it is slipping or skidding.
- Fonte2
- CROCKER, David. Dictionary of aviation. 2nd ed. London: A&C, 2005.
- Contexto
- To correct a skid, the pilot should increase the bank, or increase rudder pressure on the same side as the ball has moved to in the turn coordinator.
- Subárea
- Flight Instruments
- Spanish
- coordinador de viraje