Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
poutre de queue
English translation:
tail boom
Added to glossary by
Stephanie Mitchel
Mar 6, 2004 20:49
20 yrs ago
French term
United States
la p. de Q.
French to English
Tech/Engineering
Aerospace / Aviation / Space
helicopter
This appears in a preliminary report on a helicopter accident. In an e-mail from someone who has reviewed the wreckage:
"Apres 2 jours de reconstruction de l'épave ou du moins la remise à plat des morceaux identifiables, je n'ai pas identifié hier soir d'évènement matériel. La p. de Q. a été coupée à un point qui ne s'explique que si l'on considère les pales sortant totalement de leur domaine, donc n'étant plus commandée aerodynamiquement."
"Apres 2 jours de reconstruction de l'épave ou du moins la remise à plat des morceaux identifiables, je n'ai pas identifié hier soir d'évènement matériel. La p. de Q. a été coupée à un point qui ne s'explique que si l'on considère les pales sortant totalement de leur domaine, donc n'étant plus commandée aerodynamiquement."
Proposed translations
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| 2 +2 | tail boom |
David Sirett
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| 4 +3 | la pale de queue = the tail rotor |
Hacene
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| 5 | tail boom |
Josephine Billet
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| 4 | tail rotor blade |
Roddy Stegemann
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Proposed translations
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tail boom
'poutre de queue'? Obviously a guess, without knowing what type of helicopter is involved, but perhaps more likely than the non-standard 'pale de queue'.
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
+3
7 mins
la pale de queue = the tail rotor
it is an abbreviation referring to the tail rotor.
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Note added at 2 hrs 15 mins (2004-03-06 23:04:49 GMT)
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or with David\'s suggestion:
one blade of the tail rotor
(find it a bit clumsy, but if that fits your needs)
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Note added at 2 hrs 15 mins (2004-03-06 23:04:49 GMT)
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or with David\'s suggestion:
one blade of the tail rotor
(find it a bit clumsy, but if that fits your needs)
Peer comment(s):
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Vicky Papaprodromou
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cheers
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chaplin
23 mins
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cheers.
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Gayle Wallimann
: Very likely.
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cheers.
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mchd
1 hr
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cheers
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David Sirett
: tail rotor = rotor de queue
2 hrs
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fair point, but you cannot speak of only blade.
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Roddy Stegemann
: I agree with David. Please see my entry.
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fair comment
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Tom Bishop
: "pale de queue" is not standard terminology. "poutre de queue" on the other hand is standard terminology in helicopter context
12 hrs
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http://www.bst.gc.ca/fr/reports/air/2001/A01P0047/A01P0047.a... check this page and tell me if it is so.
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tail rotor blade
Although not an expert on helicopters it may be that the rotating portion of the tail rotor which fans the air is in fact a single blade consisting of more than one foil.
21 hrs
tail boom
p de Q = poutre de queue (tail boom/cone) - the bit between the main body of the helicopter and the tail rotor gearbox (or the base of the tail pylon, where the tail rotor is high-mounted)
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