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Tech/Engineering - Aerospace / Aviation / Space | | English term or phrase: crabbing | Gracias de antemano por su ayuda. Se trata del manual de una cámara que es utilizada para levantamientos aéreos.
Gyro-stabilized mount
Rotates the camera module so that shots are parallel to the direction of flight even when the aircraft is
crabbing. Also insulates the camera module from small shocks and vibrations.
NAV software
Plans flightlines and controls the firing of the D-8900. Also known as flight management software
(FMS).
Position and orientation system (POS)
Determines the precise location of the camera when taking photographs, usually with a global positioning
system (GPS) and an inertial measurement unit (IMU). |
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| | Spanish translation:avanza en diagonal | Explanation:
"avance diagonal de un avión", según esta referencia del diccionario técnico Beigbeder Atienza.
http://books.google.es/books?id=ZIU4-UjfzYcC&pg=PA342&lpg=PA...
crabbing: pesca de cangrejos (...), avance diagonal (de un avión)
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Note added at 11 mins (2011-11-18 17:18:42 GMT)
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Diccionario politécnico de las lenguas española e inglesa: Inglés-español
Escrito por Federico Beigbeder Atienza
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Note added at 15 mins (2011-11-18 17:23:21 GMT)
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http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/crab
To crab
(transitive) (by analogy with the movement of a crab) To navigate (an aircraft, e.g. a glider) sideways against an air current in order to maintain a straight-line course. |
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1 hr confidence: Corrección de deriva; corregir la deriva, vuelo de cangrejo, vuelo en diagonal
Explanation:
Aviation Terminology: Terminología Aeronáutica: English-Spanish, Spanish ... By Jorge García de la Cuesta
crabbing = Corrección de deriva; corregir la deriva, vuelo de cangrejo, vuelo en diagonal
crab = Corrección de deriva; corregir la deriva, vuelo de cangrejo, vuelo en diagonal, vuelo oblicuo; volar con corrección de deriva, volar con rumbo divergente de la derrota, volar de lado.
| Laura Serván
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