• important of which are the duration of the overspeed and the speed attained. With some engines, a momentary overspeed can result in greatly reduced engine life...
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    inoperative. VMO Maximum operating limit speed. Exceeding VMO may trigger an overspeed alarm. VMU Minimum unstick speed. VNE Never exceed speed. In a helicopter...
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    propellers to overspeed and leading to a complete loss of engine power. A 'beta lockout' mechanism that would have prevented the overspeed even in case...
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    High-speed airflow through the improperly configured props caused them to overspeed and drive the engines, which caused engine damage and a total loss of...
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  • the signal is clear, the loops will de-energise. The first pair, the Overspeed Sensor System (OSS), is sited at a position determined by line speed and...
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    beyond the overspeed value, the aircraft was equipped with a device called the overspeed governor (OSG). The protection system of the overspeed governor...
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    experienced an overspeed on the Romance less than six months before its loss, that an overspeed was a likely cause of the crash. The overspeed theory calls...
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    computer-calculated framework of operating parameters, acting to prevent stalls, overspeeds, and excessively stressful maneuvers. This system can be overridden by...
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    more at risk than a single-shaft turboprop. It could suffer a turbine overspeed to destruction after losing its connection to the propeller load. (In...
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    This article was originally based on material from TGVweb, which is licensed under the GFDL. Transmission Voie-Machine (TVM, English: track-to-train transmission)...
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  • generation. Many events can cause a turbine trip, including: turbine overspeed condition where the turbine accelerates over its design speed, typically...
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    The turboprop system consists of 3 propeller governors, a governor, and overspeed governor, and a fuel-topping governor. The governor works in much the...
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    cylinders causing blue-gray smoke. In diesel engines, this can cause an overspeed, a condition known as diesel engine runaway. Wikimedia Commons has media...
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  • Salisbury rail crash - 1906 - Overspeed through sharp curve through station. 28 killed. Morpeth rail crashes - 1969 etc. - Overspeed through sharp curve. Waterfall...
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    per second Rotational speed Compressor map Turn (geometry) Idle speed Overspeed (engine) Redline Rev limiter RPM gauge ISO 80000-3:2019. "Physical parameters"...
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  • momentary inattention led to overspeed through a curve – Goswick rail crash - overspeed through turnout – Milton rail crash - overspeed through turnout – Laverton...
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    experience all elements of the controls, including the overspeed alarms. Unfamiliar with the overspeed alarms and not practiced for the appropriate response...
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    check circuit breakers. When the first circuit breaker was checked, the overspeed warning appeared, as the captain’s ASI, the primary source of the information...
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  • and ignition circuits, the governed speed indication circuit and the overspeed protection circuit of the auxiliary power unit. This switch is mounted...
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  • Reversing Device 10 - Unit Sequence Switch 11 - Multifunction Device 12 - Overspeed Device 13 - Synchronous-Speed Device 14 - Underspeed Device 15 - Speed...
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    control. Uncontrolled acceleration of the turbine rotor can lead to an overspeed trip, which causes the governor and throttle valves that control the flow...
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  • QSK95 Mitsubishi SR2-PTA series engine "Caterpillar C175 spec sheet". Derived from governed RPM times overspeed capability given in spec sheet. v t e...
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    thrust termination to occur one second earlier when a sensor detected overspeed of the empty RP-1 turbopump. There were 375 kg (827 lb) of LOX remaining...
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    engine cannot drive the blades at sufficient RPM to maintain flight. Rotor overspeed, which can over-stress the rotor hub pitch bearings (brinelling) and,...
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  • engines, in which the engine draws extra fuel from an unintended source and overspeeds at higher and higher RPM, producing up to ten times the engine's rated...
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    becoming side-on to the waves. A boat that has deployed a drogue should not overspeed down the slope of a wave and crash into the next one, nor will the vessel...
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  • the catalytic converter. These systems usually lean out the engine's overspeed by shutting off the fuel injectors, and are the only practical system...
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  • game was re-released in June 2008 by City Interactive under the title Overspeed: High Performance Street Racing, as a low-price (budget) game. Matt Peacock...
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  • maglev train in Kazakhstan and are successful in stopping the theft but overspeed the train risking a crash at the terminal. 3 3 "Honeyplot" Holly Dale...
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    safe braking distance, and initiate emergency braking in the event of overspeed. The MRT also uses an automatic train supervision system to supervise...
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