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  2. Winch - Wikipedia

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    The winch is either controlled with a detachable cable, a button inside the car or wireless remote. Older vehicles may have a PTO winch, controlled via the car's transmission, a secondary clutch maybe used so the vehicle does not need to be moving while winching. Some winches are powered by the pressure generated in the hydraulic steering system.

  3. Railway coupling - Wikipedia

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    WABCO Model N-2 on a SEPTA Silverliner II The WABCO N-Type coupler was first developed for the prototype Pittsburgh Skybus system with the initial model N-1 as applied only to the three Skybus cars. The updated model N-2 with a larger 4-inch (101.6 mm) gathering range was first applied to the new "Airporter" rapid transit cars on the Cleveland ...

  4. Pazmany Aircraft Corporation - Wikipedia

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    The PL-1 was followed by the two-seat PL-2. The PL-4 is a single-seat trainer. The latest aircraft is Pazmany PL-9 Stork a high-wing two-seat monoplane for the home builder market, it is a 3/4 scale homebuilders version of the Second World War Fiesler Storch .

  5. Pazmany PL-1 - Wikipedia

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    Data from The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft (Part Work 1982-1985), 1985, Orbis Publishing, Page 2694 General characteristics Crew: 2 Length: 19 ft 3.5 in (5.88 m) Wingspan: 28 ft 0 in (8.53 m) Height: 7 ft 7 in (2.31 m) Wing area: 116.0 sq ft (10.78 m 2) Empty weight: 904 lb (410 kg) Gross weight: 1,609 lb (730 kg) Powerplant: 1 × Avco Lycoming O-320 -E2A flat-four piston, 150 hp (112 ...

  6. File:Spalding, Nebraska winch 2.JPG - Wikipedia

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    English: Rail-mounted winch atop diversion dam on the Cedar River in Spalding, Nebraska.The dam directs a portion of the river's flow into a canal that leads to a hydroelectric generator; a tailrace canal returns the water to the Cedar.

  7. PL-2 - Wikipedia

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    The PL-2 (Chinese: 霹雳-2; pinyin: Pī Lì-2; lit. 'Thunderbolt-2') is an infrared homing (IRH) air-to-air missiles (AAM) developed in the People's Republic of China (PRC). It was a reverse-engineered Soviet Vympel K-13 , which in turn was a reverse-engineered American AIM-9B Sidewinder .

  8. Skid mount - Wikipedia

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    A Skid mount is a popular method of distributing [1] and storing machinery [2] and usually-stationary equipment for the military and industry on its own or with other units as part of a modular system (modular process skid). The machinery at point of manufacture is permanently mounted in a frame or onto rails or a metal Pallet. The equipment ...

  9. Chairlift - Wikipedia

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    The two-person double chair, which for many years was the workhorse of the ski industry, can move roughly 1,200 people per hour at rope speeds of up to 2.5 m/s (8.2 ft/s). [2] The four person detachable chairlift ("high-speed quad") can transport 2,400 people per hour with an average rope speed of 5 m/s (16.4 ft/s). [ 3 ]