Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Dec 27, 2009 17:56
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French term
à piquer
French to English
Tech/Engineering
Aerospace / Aviation / Space
Aircraft description
Context:
"Le calage de l'equipement est reglable de 0 a moins 10 degres a piquer par rapport a la Reference Horizontale de fuselage. Pour la configuration no. 1 de livraison de l'avion, le calage de l'equipement est fixe a la valeur de 6 degres a piquer." I am unsure how to translate this. Any help would be really appreciated. TIA.
"Le calage de l'equipement est reglable de 0 a moins 10 degres a piquer par rapport a la Reference Horizontale de fuselage. Pour la configuration no. 1 de livraison de l'avion, le calage de l'equipement est fixe a la valeur de 6 degres a piquer." I am unsure how to translate this. Any help would be really appreciated. TIA.
Proposed translations
(English)
| 5 | minus |
Philippe Lascourrèges
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| 4 | nose down / dive angle / pitch down |
Drmanu49
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| 3 | omit it |
Bourth (X)
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Change log
Dec 27, 2009 22:51: Tony M changed "Term asked" from "a piquer" to "à piquer"
Proposed translations
1 day 4 hrs
Selected
minus
Tout angle en référence à la LRF est positif vers le haut, négatif vers le bas.
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Comment: "Thanks Philippe and thanks everyone elso for your input. "
1 hr
French term (edited):
a piquer
nose down / dive angle / pitch down
IMO
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Note added at 1 hr (2009-12-27 19:26:19 GMT)
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NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration ... The pictures below illustrate these six degrees of freedom in aircraft motion. ... Pitch (nose pitches up or down). Image showing the front view of an aircraft. ...
www.aviationsystemsdivision.arc.nasa.gov/.../six_degrees.sh...
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Note added at 1 hr (2009-12-27 19:26:19 GMT)
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NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration ... The pictures below illustrate these six degrees of freedom in aircraft motion. ... Pitch (nose pitches up or down). Image showing the front view of an aircraft. ...
www.aviationsystemsdivision.arc.nasa.gov/.../six_degrees.sh...
17 hrs
omit it
In the first instance your text says l'equipement est reglable de 0 a moins 10 degres a piquer. Either moins or à piquer is redundant, I feel. A assume, at least, that an angle of attack is negative when downward from horizontal (or from a reference plane) and positive when upward).
α ANGLE OF ATTACK, measured between body axis (HORIZONTAL FUSELAGE REFERENCE line ) and free-stream velocity
By this technique data were obtained over an ANGLE-OF-ATTACK RANGE OF -19° TO +20° (with respect to HORIZONTAL FUSELAGE REFERENCE line )
http://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/1989006...
The French do this all the time. Thus you get financial reports telling you that sales were UP +10% and that profits were DOWN -5%. In English it seems to me we dispense with the positive and negative signs.
In your second instance, you could say "-6°" (minus 6°).
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Note added at 20 hrs (2009-12-28 14:45:14 GMT)
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"Angle of attack" is just to illustrate that when giving angles relative to the fuselage, they appear to refer to positive and negative angles. However I did wonder if "angle of attack" could be weaved in there.
What sort of equipment is this?
α ANGLE OF ATTACK, measured between body axis (HORIZONTAL FUSELAGE REFERENCE line ) and free-stream velocity
By this technique data were obtained over an ANGLE-OF-ATTACK RANGE OF -19° TO +20° (with respect to HORIZONTAL FUSELAGE REFERENCE line )
http://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/1989006...
The French do this all the time. Thus you get financial reports telling you that sales were UP +10% and that profits were DOWN -5%. In English it seems to me we dispense with the positive and negative signs.
In your second instance, you could say "-6°" (minus 6°).
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Note added at 20 hrs (2009-12-28 14:45:14 GMT)
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"Angle of attack" is just to illustrate that when giving angles relative to the fuselage, they appear to refer to positive and negative angles. However I did wonder if "angle of attack" could be weaved in there.
What sort of equipment is this?
Note from asker:
| Hi Bourth, maybe I missed something but where did you get angle of attack from? Or is it just an illustration? |
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