Definitions
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- noun A sudden compressor
stall that can occur in the jet engines ofsupersonic aircraft.
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Examples
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Mach 3.44 is given as the speed at which the engine enters a state of "unstart".
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2008
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Mach 3.44 is given as the speed at which the engine enters a state of "unstart".
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2008
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Mach 3.44 is given as the speed at which the engine enters a state of "unstart".
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2008
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And in our lingo, it's known as an 'unstart' or an AD-an aerodynamic disturbance. "
Heart Of The Tiger McKenna, Lindsay 1990
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If I wer an unstart Senator and ConLaw Professor, I would insert an amendment re-establishing the inability of FISA-warrants to be used as evidence against a suspect.
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Due to the tremendous thrust of the remaining engine pushing the aircraft asymmetrically along with the sudden deceleration caused by losing 50\% of available power, an unstart would cause the aircraft to yaw violently to one side.
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2008
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One of the standard counters to an inlet unstart was for the pilot to reach out and unstart both inlets; this drove both spikes out, stopped the yawing conditions and allowed the pilot to restart each inlet.
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2008
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Due to the tremendous thrust of the remaining engine pushing the aircraft asymmetrically along with the sudden deceleration caused by losing 50\% of available power, an unstart would cause the aircraft to yaw violently to one side.
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2008
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Pilots and RSOs occasionally experienced their pressure suit helmets banging on their cockpit canopies until the initial unstart motions subsided.
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2008
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Lockheed engineers developed control software for the engine inlets that would recapture the lost shock wave and re-light the engine before the pilot was even aware an unstart had occurred.
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2008
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