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Gravity drop

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gravity dragnoun(astronautics) The resistance felt by a vehicle ascending against the force of gravity; reduction in delta-v experienced as a result of the partial cancellation by gravity of the vertical component of the thrust applied by a vehicle's engine(s).
derotationnounA rotation in the opposite direction.
gear-up landingnoun(aviation) A landing of an aircraft with the landing gear retracted due to the pilot(s) forgetting to extend the gear or to take some other action necessary for the gear to deploy.
landing gearnoun(uncountable, countable, aviation) The wheels, tyres, brakes, shock absorbers etc of an aircraft; its undercarriage.
airlandingnounComing to a surface from the air, as of an airplane, parachute or any descending object.
uplocknoun(aviation) A mechanism that secures an aircraft's landing gear in the retracted position, helping to prevent an uncommanded gear deployment during flight.
tandem landing gearnoun(aviation) Synonym of bicycle landing gear.
bicycle landing gearnoun(aviation) A form of landing gear having the main gear and nosegear located fore and aft of the center of gravity under the fuselage with outriggers on the wings.
body gearnoun(aviation) Landing gear mounted in the lower part of an aircraft's fuselage, generally between or slightly behind the wings.
droopnounSomething which is limp or sagging.
main gearnoun(aviation) The primary landing gear of an aircraft, generally located slightly behind the aircraft's center of mass (or slightly ahead of it on a taildragger aircraft) and carrying the majority of the aircraft's weight.
nosegearnoun(aviation) An undercarriage or landing gear located underneath the nose of an aircraft.
wing gearnoun(aviation) Landing gear mounted in the roots of an aircraft's wings.
bicycle gearnounUsed other than figuratively or idiomatically: see bicycle, gear.
arresting gearnoun(aviation, military) A system used to quickly decelerate a landing aircraft, essential for landing on an aircraft carrier (although land-based airfields can also be equipped with arresting gear); the most common system consists of a series of transverse wire ropes designed to snag an aircraft's tailhook, connected to a hydraulic or mechanical energy-absorbing system, but other systems exist (typically only for use in an emergency situation) which use a net to slow down an aircraft.
chinese landingnoun(military, slang) The landing of an aircraft with one wing lower than the other.
gearnoun(uncountable) Equipment or paraphernalia, especially that used for an athletic endeavor.
autolandingnoun(aviation, uncountable) The process and procedure of autolanding, the action of to autoland.
landingnounAn arrival at a surface, as of an airplane or any descending object.
ground-effect vehiclenoun(aviation, nautical) An aircraft that uses aerodynamic ground effect to attain level flight near the surface of water.

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