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• Drag
  ...ose the motion of the object, and in a powered vehicle it is overcome by [[thrust]].
  2 KB (254 words) - 22:48, 23 September 2009
• Short block
  ...crankshaft is installed in the cylinder block using new main bearings and thrust washers, and the main bearing caps are torqued to specification.
  2 KB (278 words) - 22:48, 11 June 2009
• Air brake (aircraft)
  ...g]] created by the spoilers directly assists the braking effect. [[Reverse thrust]] is also used to help slow the aircraft after landing.
  2 KB (341 words) - 16:01, 2 August 2009
• Spacecraft propulsion
  ...ical orbit until it reaches its destination, where another short period of thrust accelerates or decelerates it to match the orbit of its destination. Speci ...pulsion methods such as [[solar sail]]s provide very low but inexhaustible thrust; an interplanetary vehicle using one of these methods would follow a rather
  30 KB (4,590 words) - 20:28, 7 August 2008
• Snecma
  ...[Hurel-Hispano]] was created to consolidate the group's engine nacelle and thrust reverser businesses.
  3 KB (449 words) - 17:53, 15 April 2009
• Roller bearing
  [[Image:Thrust-cylindrical-roller-bearing din722 120-ex.png|thumb|right|100px|Thrust bearing]] ===Thrust bearing===
  13 KB (2,121 words) - 07:16, 6 July 2009
• Supercharger
  ...otherwise be wasted (except to the extent that the exhaust itself provided thrust) whereas in the supercharger that power is being taken directly from the en ...rgers — [[jet engine]]s rely on supercharging as one of the main routes to thrust growth and improved fuel efficiency.
  15 KB (2,335 words) - 22:54, 14 June 2009
• Combustion chamber
  ...bine disc]] in a [[gas turbine]]. The energy can also be used to produce [[thrust]] when directed out of a [[nozzle]] as in a [[rocket engine]].
  4 KB (570 words) - 14:59, 25 September 2009
• Emerson Fittipaldi
  ...[[Jochen Rindt]] was killed at [[Monza]] and [[John Miles]] left the team. Thrust into the spotlight by leading F1's top team, he proved up to the task and w
  5 KB (759 words) - 22:02, 12 July 2009
• Vehicle dynamics
  * [[Camber thrust]]
  4 KB (534 words) - 19:22, 26 April 2010
• Lamborghini Gallardo
  ...atios have been adjusted to better suit the V10, and the E-gear now has a "thrust mode" to optimize acceleration, and its power has been increased to 520 hp ...still several other options available, like the e-Gear, which featured a 'thrust' mode to offer even more impressive acceleration by improving the gearchang
  13 KB (1,997 words) - 09:02, 23 April 2010
• Connecting rod
  ...pressurized [[lubricant|lubricating]] [[motor oil]] squirts out onto the [[thrust]] side of the [[cylinder (engine)|cylinder]] wall to lubricate the travel o
  7 KB (1,108 words) - 06:53, 18 April 2009
• 2006 Gallardo SE
  ...ion to the Gallardo which helps it perform best in a straight line; a new "Thrust Mode" button has been fitted. When selected, it optimizes power and stabili
  7 KB (1,129 words) - 17:22, 13 June 2009
• Batmobile
  The 'rocket' nozzle is supposedly to give the car extra thrust for its jumps, although it is just a special effect and contrary to some in
  8 KB (1,240 words) - 20:58, 22 September 2009
• Maserati Quattroporte II
  ...xury sedan. The Quattroporte's weight distribution maximizes traction and thrust during acceleration so that the car remains exceptionally stable and well b
  10 KB (1,438 words) - 13:01, 18 September 2009
• Front-wheel drive
  ...first-generation [[Saab 900]] had this layout with helical gears but the [[thrust bearings]] involved gave out a characteristic "zing" sound almost like a [[
  12 KB (1,842 words) - 23:38, 7 August 2009
• Denny Hulme
  ...DA (Grand Prix Drivers' Association) for a brief period - but, the cut and thrust nature of the post was ill-suited to Hulme's gentlemanly nature and he didn
  11 KB (1,764 words) - 10:04, 11 April 2009
• Alps
  ...northward, often breaking and sliding one over the other to form gigantic thrust [[Geologic fault|fault]]s. [[Basement (geology)|crystalline rocks]], which
  12 KB (1,926 words) - 22:54, 23 September 2009

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