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stickshaker

stickshaker is the alternative form of stick shaker.

Meaning of stick shaker

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 stickshaker

pluralstickshakers

Questions about stickshaker

What is stickshaker the alternative form of?
Stickshaker is the alternative form of stick shaker.

Words near stickshaker in the dictionary

  1. sticks-and-carrots
  2. sticks-in-the-mud
  3. stickseed
  4. stickseeds
  5. sticksful
  6. stickshaker
  7. stickshakers
  8. stickshed
  9. sticksheds
  10. stickshift
  11. stickshifts

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