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stick shaker

stick shaker noun: an automated mechanical device connected to the control column of some aircraft, which shakes the yoke and control column to alert the pilot if the aircraft is approaching a stall.

Noun

stick shaker (plural stick shakers)

  1. An automated mechanical device connected to the control column of some aircraft, which shakes the yoke and control column to alert the pilot if the aircraft is approaching a stall.
    • About 2154:32, the captain contacted the controller and stated, "it looks like we're not even going to be able to stay up here ... look for maybe ... three nine oh or three seven." About 2154:36, the FDR recorded the activation of the stickshaker. FDR data showed that, at that point, the airplane’s...2007 January 9, National Transportation Safety Board, “1.1 History of Flight”, in Aircraft Accident Report: Crash of Pinnacle Airlines Flight 3701, Bombardier CL-600-2B19, N8396A, Jefferson City...

Forms of stick shaker

pluralstick shakers
alternative formstickshaker
alternative formstick-shaker

Questions about stick shaker

What does stick shaker mean?
Stick shaker means an automated mechanical device connected to the control column of some aircraft, which shakes the yoke and control column to alert the pilot if the aircraft is approaching a stall.
What part of speech is stick shaker?
Stick shaker is a noun.
What is the plural of stick shaker?
The plural of stick shaker is stick shakers.

Words near stick shaker in the dictionary

  1. stick puller
  2. stick pullers
  3. stick pusher
  4. stick pushers
  5. stick season
  6. stick shaker
  7. stick shakers
  8. stick shift
  9. stick shifts
  10. stick that in your pipe and smoke it
  11. stick the knife in

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