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2. Fly-killing device - Wikipedia

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   A typical flyswatter. A flyswatter (or fly-swat, fly swatter [1]) usually consists of a small rectangular or round sheet of a lightweight, flexible, vented material (usually thin metallic, rubber, or plastic mesh) around 10 cm (4 in) across, attached to a handle about 30 to 60 cm (1 to 2 ft) long made of a lightweight material such as wire, wood, plastic, or metal.

3. Fire flapper - Wikipedia

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   It is also called a swatter or a beater. It is designed for extinguishing minor fires in rural areas such as heaths. A flapper is built with a long handle and a series of lamellae which allows firefighters to stand well back from the fire. The lamellae are constructed in either rubber or steel, though practically any other fire-resistant ...

4. Swatter - Wikipedia

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   Swatter may refer to: 9M17 Fleyta, a Soviet anti-tank missile; Fire flapper, a fire suppression device; Flyswatter, a handheld fly-killing device;

5. Flyswatter - Wikipedia

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   Fly-killing device#Flyswatter From a merge : This is a redirect from a page that was merged into another page. This redirect was kept in order to preserve the edit history of this page after its content was merged into the content of the target page.

6. Bug zapper - Wikipedia

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   Early model prototype fly zapper circa 1911, conceded to be too expensive to be practical. In its October 1911 issue, Popular Mechanics magazine had a piece showing a model "fly trap" that used all the elements of a modern bug zapper, including electric light and electrified grid. The design was implemented by two unnamed Denver men and was ...

7. Wire strike protection system - Wikipedia

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   Between 1996 and 2002 the US Army had no fatal wire strike accidents. [7] In civil helicopter operations, wire cutters were thought to be most effective for agricultural flights. [2]: 37–38 Of the 208 wire strike accidents in the 1970s, almost half could have been avoided with wire cutters and other recommended mechanical upgrades. [2]: 45