Definition of autorotation in English:
autorotation
noun ˌɔːtə(ʊ)rə(ʊ)ˈteɪʃ(ə)nˌôdōˌrōˈtāSH(ə)n
mass noun1Rotation of an object caused by the flow of moving air or water around the shape of the object (e.g. a winged seed).
- 1.1 Autorotation in the rotor blades of a helicopter that is descending without engine power.
Example sentencesExamples
- I feel that there are several factors that could have contributed to the initial autorotation.
- The bottom line is I made a series of poor choices and overestimated my ability to recognize, react, and recover from a poor autorotation flown by my copilot.
- I then checked our operational weight and confirmed we were safe for the practice autorotations.
- The two were reportedly practicing high-altitude autorotations at 6,000 ft near the northern Italian air force base at Rimini.
- Unless the crew had the presence of mind to close both throttles at the instant of autorotation, an asymmetric thrust condition would have made an inverted spin even more unstable.
- I entered autorotation, jettisoned the external load and landed the aircraft.
- Later in the flight we were planning to perform practice autorotations and single-engine HODGE maneuvers, where the extra weight may have proven disastrous.