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Tech/Engineering - Aerospace / Aviation / Space / aeronautics | | German term or phrase: Bodenprüf-Wahlventil | I'm in the middle of a pile of medical documents concerning an injury case to do with exposure to radar emissions, but now and then there are technical terms having to do with aeronautics. This one is about safety regulations when working on military aircraft:
"Das Hydraulik-Aggregat wird an das Bodenprüf-Wahlventil des Flugzeuges angeschlossen, das sich am Hydraulikgeraetetraeger auf der Triebwerkzugangsklappe befindet. Das Ventil besitzt Schnelltrennfittings fuer die Druck- und Rucklaufleitungen des Aussenbord-Hydraulik-Aggregats. Das Bodenprüf-Wahlventil hat drei Stellungen... |
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| | ground-check selector valve | Explanation:
In aeronautics, this would be the term.
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Bodenprüfung (acc. to Kucera): ground check (aeron.)
Wahlventil (Ernst): selector valve (aeron.) |
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41 mins confidence:   adjustable valve for testing aircraft on the ground
Explanation:
Something of a guess, of course, but seems to fit the words and context not too badly, at least to me.
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1 hr confidence: peer agreement (net): +5 ground-check selector valve
Explanation:
In aeronautics, this would be the term.
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Note added at 2002-05-10 22:25:23 (GMT)
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Bodenprüfung (acc. to Kucera): ground check (aeron.)
Wahlventil (Ernst): selector valve (aeron.)
Ernst Technical Dictionary
Dictionary of Exact Science (Kucera)
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