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accessory gearbox
- Definição1
- The section of an aeroengine that contains the devices to operate such accessories as fuel pump(s), hydraulic and air pumps, and generators. An accessory gearbox is driven by a driveshaft from a bevel bearing connected to a compressor shaft in some gas turbine engines.
- Fonte1
- KUMAR, Bharat (ed.). An illustrated dictionary of aviation. New York: McGraw-Hill, c2005. 752 p.
- Fonte2
- INTERNATIONAL CIVIL AVIATION ORGANIZATION. Aircraft accident digest n.32. Montreal, 1993. (Cir. 232 AN/139).
- Nota Adicional1
- Acronym in English: AGB.
- Contexto
- The 2.5-foot-deep crater contained pieces from the accessory gearbox of the No. 1 engine, and the No.1 engine came to rest about 845 feet beyond the crater.
- Subárea
- Engine
- Français
- boîte d’accessoires
- Imagem
Internal gearbox of the Rolls-Royce Pegasus.
Fonte: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Rolls-Royce_Pegasus_-_04.JPG
