Nacelles in a sentence

The last batch of Meteor F.3s featured the longer nacelles; other F.3s were retrofitted in the field with the new nacelles.

Each turbine has three blades and 117 nacelles, which is the unit where the blades meet.

The repowering project includes replacement of the blades, hubs and nacelles for all units, and top tower sections for the SG 2.7-129 units, Siemens Gamesa said on Tuesday.

Bell Helicopter manufactures and integrates the wing, nacelles, rotors, drive system, tail surfaces, and aft ramp, as well as integrates the Rolls-Royce engines and performs final assembly.

Bleed tubes and bypass doors were designed into the inlet and engine nacelles to handle some of this pressure and to position the final shock to allow the inlet to remain "started".

Bowman 2005, p. 20. Design Overview B Mk IV nose closeup showing bombsight and clear nose, plus engine nacelles and undercarriage.

By 2012, changes had been made to the V-22's hardware, software, and procedures in response to hydraulic fires in the nacelles, vortex ring state control issues, and opposed landings.

However, a particularly severe high-speed flutter problem was solved only by inserting depleted uranium counterweights as ballast in the outboard engine nacelles of the early 747s.

In an attempt to smooth the air flow and deflect it from forcefully striking the tailplane, non-retractable slots fitted to the inner engine nacelles and to the leading edge of the tailplane were experimented with.

In the P-38J model, the streamlined engine nacelles of previous Lightnings were changed to fit the intercooler radiator between the oil coolers, forming a "chin" that visually distinguished the J model from its predecessors.

New, longer nacelles not only cured some of the compressibility problems but added 120 km/h (75 mph) at altitude, even without upgraded powerplants.

Once airborne, the nacelles rotate forward 90° in as little as 12 seconds for horizontal flight, converting the V-22 to a more fuel-efficient, higher speed turboprop aircraft.

Points between nacelles can only carry a maximum of four missiles at one time.

Rearview of the F-14 showing the area between the engine nacelles The wings have a two-spar structure with integral fuel tanks.

Sheltem establishes himself on a series of flat worlds known as nacelles (which are implied to be giant spaceships) and Corak, a second guardian and creation of the Ancients, with the assistance of the player characters, pursues him across the Void.

The 747's right, outer landing gear was torn off and two engine nacelles were damaged.

The center section incorporated much of the structural elements, including the inner wing, engine nacelles, fuel tank, ammunition drums, and main undercarriage.

The dive flaps were installed outboard of the engine nacelles, and in action they extended downward 35° in 1.5 seconds.

The flat area of the fuselage between the nacelles is used to contain fuel and avionics systems, such as the wing-sweep mechanism and flight controls, as well as weaponry, since the wings were not used for carrying ordnance.

The installation of a high-energy plasma infuser would allow a torpedo casing to be filled with a warhead charged with high-energy plasma from the ship's warp nacelles.