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flight tanks

Italian translation: serbatoi (di volo)

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English term or phrase:	flight tanks
Italian translation:	serbatoi (di volo)
Entered by:	Alessandro Marchesello

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14:28 Oct 2, 2005

English to Italian translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Aerospace / Aviation / Space

English term or phrase: flight tanks

Propulsion systems utilizing cryogenic liquid oxygen and/or hydrogen, such as the Space Shuffle, Atlas/Centaur, Delta, etc., are currently filled from the facility storage tanks and subsequently allowed to cool in the **flight tanks** in order to reject the heat absorbed by the liquid as a result of environmental heat leak, transfer line, and tank wall chill-down. The cooling of the liquid bulk is desirable in order to increase the liquid density so that more impulse mass can be stored in the tank, and also to reduce the liquid vapor pressure so that the tank operating pressure and tank weight is minimized

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serbatoi (di volo)

Explanation:
Questo è quel che so: in italiano non si usa dire serbatoi di volo, ma semplicemente serbatoi, mentre in inglese si è soliti distinguere tra flight tanks (i serbatoi che servono effettivamente per il volo) e spare tanks (cioè serbatoi di riserva/sicurezza che non servono per il volo se non in casi eccezionali). Quindi tradurrei con "serbatoi" tanto non mi sembra che si possano generare ambiguità importanti nel testo.