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Pintle is also a common term used in the design of aircraft landing gears. It describes the attachment point between the landing gear structure and the aircraft structure. The pintle is the bolt around which the landing gear rotates when it is extended/retracted into/out of the aircraft. The pintle
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In electrical cubicle manufacture, a pintle hinge is a hinge with fixed and moving parts. The hinge has a pin - ­­­the pintle - which can be both external and internal. The most common type consists of three parts, one part on the body of the cubicle, one part on the door, and the third being the
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units, carefully set-up "pintle angles" for such axes of rotation during retraction and extension allowed the maingear struts to be raked forward while fully extended for touchdown and better ground handling, while permitting retraction into rearwards-angled landing gear wells in their wings to
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as the mounting hardware that mates the machine gun to a vehicle or tripod. Essentially, the pintle is a bracket with a cylindrical bottom and a cradle for the gun on top; the cylindrical bottom fits into a hole in the tripod while the cradle holds the gun.
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uses a single-feed fuel injector rather than the hundreds of smaller holes used in a typical rocket engine. This simplifies the engine, reducing cost and improving reliability, while surrendering some performance.
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The forward-raked main gear struts on the Republic P-47 partly used "pintle angling" to allow them to clear the forward wingspar during retraction.
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on the tongue of a trailer; and in controllable solid rocket motors, in which a plug moves into and out of the motor throat to control thrust.
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is a highly stressed component during landing manoeuvres and is often made from exotic metal alloys. For World War II aircraft with
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that uses a tow ring configuration to secure to a hook or a ball combination for the purpose of towing an
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Pintle and gudgeon rudder system. Part 2 is the pintle, and part 3 is the gudgeon.
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Massive pintles on a stone door; early doors often pivoted on pintles
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Pintle/gudgeon sets have many applications, for example in
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Aircraft Landing Gear Design: Principles and Practices
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gudgeon
sailing
rudder
boat
lunette ring
transportation
tow hitch
unpowered vehicle
weapon mount
machine guns
furniture
caster
caster
rocketry
pintle injector
Grumman
Rocketdyne
RS-18
Ascent stage
Apollo Lunar Module
TRW
Descent Propulsion System

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