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• Air racing
  ...auto racing races, however, air racing races usually draw smaller crowds. Air races are usually held at small [[airport]]s. Many of the planes used also ...rp.750pix.jpg|thumb|right|250px| '''Air racing''' in England: the Red Bull Air Race heat held at Kemble airfield, Gloucestershire. The aircraft fly singly
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• Air filter
  [[Image:Air filter, opel astra(2).JPG|thumb|right|Air filter in an [[Opel Astra]] car, top side=clean side]] [[Image:Air filter, opel astra(1).JPG|thumb|right|Air filter in an [[Opel Astra]] car, bottom side=dust side]]
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• Vehicle interior equipment
  Ancillary equipment such as [[stereo]]s, [[air conditioning]], [[cruise control]], car [[phone]]s, [[positioning system]]s Air conditioning used when the car [[engine]] is off, can cause main [[battery]
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• Air racing
  ...auto racing races, however, air racing races usually draw smaller crowds. Air races are usually held at small [[airport]]s. Many of the planes used also ...rp.750pix.jpg|thumb|right|250px| '''Air racing''' in England: the Red Bull Air Race heat held at Kemble airfield, Gloucestershire. The aircraft fly singly
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• Brake (railway)
  ...er '''continuous brakes''' started to appear, either '''[[Air brake (rail)|air operated]]''' or '''[[vacuum brake|vacuum operated]]'''. These brakes used Automatic brakes on the other hand use the air or vacuum pressure to hold the brakes off against a reservoir carried on ea
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• Brake
  ...[Saab 17|Saab B 17]] [[dive bomber]] used the deployed undercarriage as an air brake. ...ke]] or [[disc brake]]) during the brake application and release it to the air gradually.
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• Forced induction
  ...normally referred to as [[boost (automotive engineering)|Boost]] or charge air. ...h greater percentage of oxygen per volume of air intake to be added to the air/fuel mixture. The effects are an increase to the effective capacity of the
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• Lancia motorcycle
  ...s, a two-stroke engine, with air suction in the crankcase where the intake air is pure was to help to keep the gas cool in the cylinder with the aim of el
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• Coil bind
  ...car appears several inches above the ground.<br>Bottom: At full speed the air dam appears much closer to the ground.}} ...)#Travel|travel]] (hence the name). The goal of coil bind is to keep the [[air dam]] (or splitter if applicable) at the front of the car as low to the gro
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• CBR
  ...with a carburetor with the air intake around the cylinder, to preheat the air. It had a Ruthardt magneto ignition, lubrication pump with an additional di
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• Dynamic brake
  ...efore it is always used in conjunction with the regular [[Air brake (rail)|Air Brake]]. This combined system is called '''blended braking.''' Li-ion batte ...ic braking is to reduce the amount of air braking required. This conserves air and minimizes the risks of over-heated wheels. One locomotive manufacturer,
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• Boost gauge
  A turbo- or supercharger are both engine driven air compressors and provide varying levels of ''boost'' according to engine rpm ...methods can be employed to increase factory boost levels such as bleeding air off the wastegate diaphragm to 'fool' it into staying open longer. To avoid
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• Air filter
  [[Image:Air filter, opel astra(2).JPG|thumb|right|Air filter in an [[Opel Astra]] car, top side=clean side]] [[Image:Air filter, opel astra(1).JPG|thumb|right|Air filter in an [[Opel Astra]] car, bottom side=dust side]]
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• Gulf of Sidra
  In the [[Gulf of Sidra incident (1981)]], [[United States|US]]-[[Libya]]n air engagement over territorial claim, two Libyan [[Su-22]] jets were shot down *[[Gulf of Sidra incident (1981)]], [[United States|US]]-[[Libya]]n air engagement over territorial claim, two Libyan jets shot down
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• Electro-pneumatic brake system on British railway trains
  ...that was novel in the UK, the electro-pneumatic brake in which compressed air brake operation was controlled electrically by the driver. This was a consi ...equirements. The fleet prior to World War 2 used the two-pipe Westinghouse Air Brake system, which was more effective than the generally prevailing vacuum
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• Crossflow cylinder head
  ...ad being ported and red arrow showing the super efficient straight through air passage way'''</center>]] ...e larger and its physical separation of the hot exhaust manifold keeps the air in the intake manifold cooler. Most modern engines are of a crossflow desig
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• Engine knocking
  ...ct occurs. It is caused by an instantaneous ignition of the remaining fuel/air mixture in the form of an explosion. The cylinder pressure rises dramatical * Adding water in the form of vapor in the air intake.
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• Naturally-aspirated engine
  ...ng away from the valves (so as to expand the volume available for incoming air). In some cases the lowering of the cylinder pressure is enhanced by a com
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• Blowoff valve
  ...entrifugally supercharged car when the throttle is lifted or closed. This air pressure is re-circulated back into the non-pressurized end of the intake ( ...oter valve, dump valve''') does basically the same thing, but releases the air to the atmosphere. This creates a very distinctive sound desired by many
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• Illy
  ...ion technique used by the company to preserve its coffee. In this process, air is extracted from the cans and replaced with inert gasses at a higher-than- ...e invented the first automatic coffee machine which substituted compressed air for steam: the illetta, the predecessor of today's espresso machines.
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• Todeschini
  ...ncarlo Pelatti]] founded the company for the production of small cars with air-cooled ''De Dion Bouton'' [[engines]]. Some [[prototypes]] had been develop
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• Combustion
  ...₂). Thus, when [[methane]] (CH₄) is combusted using air as the oxygen source, the first example equation above becomes: As can be seen, when air is the source of the oxygen, nitrogen is by far the largest part of the pro
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• Falcone
  |Engine type || 499cc air-cooled OHV single
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• Temperino
  ...uction a couple of years later as the 8-10HP with a 800cc engine (still V2 air-cooled) and production continued through and after the first world war. Ove ...embly process. Two models were available, the normal version (two-cylinder air-cooled 1010cc Vee engine with 20bhp) and a Sport model (two-cylinder in-lin
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• OPRA
  ...or [[Gilera]] and [[MV Agusta]] racing),was a 500 cc racer with transverse air-cooled OHC four cylinder engine. There were also 'normale' motorcycles race
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• Whitney Willard Straight
  '''[[Air Commodore]] Whitney Willard Straight''' ([[Order of the British Empire|CBE] ...East in charge of RAF transport command operations there with the rank of Air Commodore, and in September of 1943 took over the newly made Cairo aerodro
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• Vacuum brake
  Its limitations caused it to be progressively superseded by compressed air systems, in the [[United Kingdom]] from the 1970's. ...le use anywhere in the world, supplanted in the main by [[air brake (rail)|air brakes]].
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• Hydraulic brake
  ...sides of the chamber reach equilibrium. This can be caused by either the air valve closing (due to the pedal apply stopping) or if "runout" is reached. ...restrictions must be considered. Air brake systems are bulky, and require air compressors and reservoir tanks for their operation.
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• Beadlock
  ...s needed for an [[off-road vehicle]]'s tires, drivers will often lower the air pressure to cause the [[tread]] to spread out and create a larger [[contact
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• ELSA
  ...y [[Carlo Sorelli Brescian]]. They developed and manufactured a two-stroke air-cooled 75 cc which would be applied to the bicycle can could overcome climb
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• Automobile emissions control
  ...s control''' covers all the technologies that are employed to reduce the [[air pollution]]-causing emissions produced by [[automobile]]s. Exhaust emissio ...emissions'': This is what most people think of when they think of vehicle air pollution; the products of burning fuel in the vehicle's [[internal combust
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• STAR
  ...also competed in motorsport's with relatively good results. In 1910 rapid air starters were used for starting then charging in 1916 for electrical starte
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• Cabi-Cattaneo
  ...in World War One, with the extensive use of his unique designs in Italian Air Force aircraft. He also developed and manufactured the engines for the cele ...Atlantic flights in 1931 and 1933 when the Italian Air Force was planning air routes to the Americas.
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• Itala motorcycle
  ...8 cc and 498 cc Python engines. In addition, Itala built the 498 cc Super, air-cooled V four ''Chaise'' engine.
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• Lawil
  ...rs, were available in both closed and open versions and had a two-cylinder air-cooled two-stroke engines. It features two engine options, either the 246 c
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• Prosciutto
  ...imes to remove the [[salt]]. It is then hung in a shady, airy place. The air is important to the final quality of the ham. The ham is left until dry. A similar style of air-dried ham, [[Jamón serrano]], is made in [[Spain]].
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• Fongri
  ...engine was the same cylinder used in [[Fongri motorcycle]]s, four-stroke, air-cooled cylinders and opposed to the horizontal axis.
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• Racing
  ...:Hungarian aerobatics pilot Peter Besenyei at speed in his Extra 300 at an air race in England]] * [[Air racing]]
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• Fuel pump
  ...condition is known as "[[vapour lock]]". Also a suction pump could suck in air through (difficult to diagnose) faulty hose connections. A leaking connecti ...[[pedal]] results in the throttle body opening on the engine (metering the air going in) rather than engaging the fuel pump. The ignition switch does not
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• Monaco-Trossi
  ...combustion chamber for each pair of cylinders. This was front-mounted and air-cooled like an aero-engine. Another novelty for those times was front wheel
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• Tire mousse
  ...ins being used, it heats up and becomes primed for use. In the event of an air leak, and subsequent loss of pressure, the mousse expands to fill the void,
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• Alessandro Anzani
  ...who, in July 25 1909, completed the first flight of the English Channel by air motor and in October 1909, successfully complete a flight from [[Toury]] to
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• A.M.
  ..., a four-wheeled car was designed under the name of ''Edita''. This had an air-cooled 2-cylinder engine with 1020 cc in conjunction with a three-speed gea
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• Ferrari 488
  ...orporation|IHI]]/[[Honeywell Turbo Technologies|Honeywell]] and two air-to-air [[intercooler]]s, the compressor wheels are made of low-density [[Titanium ...n exit for air from the dual intakes of the front bumper, further reducing air pressure over the front of the car.
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• Freestyle Motocross
  *Big Air (also known as Best Trick), in which each rider gets three jumps &mdash; us ...angles that generally occupy one to two acres (.4 to .8 hectres). Like Big Air, a panel of judges assigns each contestant a score based on a 100-point sca
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• Ferrari 156 Sharknose
  ...errari 156''', affectionately dubbed "sharknose" due to its characteristic air intake "nostrils", was a [[racecar]] made by [[Ferrari]] in 1961 to comply ...61 version was affectionately dubbed "sharknose" due to its characteristic air intake "nostrils". Then-Ferrari factory policy inevitably saw all the remai
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• Benelli 250 2C
  |Cooling system || Air
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• Artesi
  air cooled, chain drive, 4-speed gearbox + reverse motorcycles motor. The vehic
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• Issi
  |Engine || Air cooled Single cylinder two-stroke ...eel at the rear and two in front) with a single cylinder engine two-stroke air cooled engine with a bore of 56.5 mm and stroke of 50 mm and displacement o
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• Bandini formula junior
  The front part, in various configurations, is consistently low and brings air needed for cooling through a rectangular opening smoothed or at semicircle. ...allow the hot air vent on the bonnet hand, is derived the taking of fresh air for carburetors.
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• Ducati 800SS
  | Engine || Air cooled, four stroke, 90° two cylinder '[[L-twin]]', SOHC, 2 [[Desmodromic_ ...ed in 2003, is the smaller capacity, higher revving version of that year's air cooled [[Ducati SuperSport]] (SS) model range.
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• Ducati 800 SS
  | Engine || Air cooled, four stroke, 90° “L”twin cylinder, SOHC, desmodromic 2 valve p ...ed in 2003, is the smaller capacity, higher revving version of that year's air cooled Ducati SuperSport (SS) model range.
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