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• Threshold braking
  ...static friction]] range into the [[kinetic friction]] range. The friction force developed between the tire and driving surface is proportional to the [[coe
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• Piaggio PD-808
  ...le commercial interest, but a few examples were taken by the [[Italian Air Force]]. ...d turbojet engines, were produced, and 22 of these went to the Italian Air Force. The first aircraft were configured for the utility role, but the last six
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• Desmodromica
  ...from the Greek words "desmos" and "dromos" which respectively mean "force, force and stroke path". Engineering is used to name the mechanisms that have both
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• Weight
  ...he [[Earth]] (around 9.8 m/s²). For instance, a body will exert less force if it is located on the [[Moon]] than if it is on the Earth, since the grav ...ic_or_pneumatic_scales|Hydraulic or pneumatic scale]] is used to measure [[force]] (which physicists call weight). Most scales measure weight using a [[Spri
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• Rolling friction
  ...the driving surface and do not sufficiently slow the car. Maximum braking force occurs when there is about 11% slip between the wheel's speed and the road The force of rolling resistance is given by:
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• Polizia Provinciale
  ...[[Italy]]. Each [[Provinces of Italy|Italian province]] has its own police force (more or less like the American county police, but with much less power). '
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• Electronic brakeforce distribution
  ...utomobile]] [[brake]] technology that automatically varies the amount of [[force]] applied to each of a vehicle's brakes, based on road conditions, speed, l ...rtioning valve]], to prevent rear-wheel lockup. EBD instead applies brake force precisely through electronic control. It recognises that driving conditions
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• Drag
  ...f all the [[aerodynamics|aerodynamic]] or [[hydrodynamics|hydrodynamic]] [[force]]s in the direction of the external fluid flow. It therefore acts to oppos [[Category:Force]]
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• Buzz Calkins
  | [[Panoz|G-Force]] | [[Panoz|G-Force]]
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• Gruppo di Investigazione Criminalità Organizzata
  ...ialized department of the Italian [[Guardia di Finanza]], a Special Police force that fights against international illegal drugs trafficking, customs and bo
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• Electromagnetic brake
  ...erate a magnetic field in opposition to the original field thus creating a force which acts to decelerate the rotating disc.
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• Solenoid
  ...nge in position of the slug, and the current flowing through the coil. The force applied to the slug will always move the slug in a direction that increases ...ressure supplies. The larger the diameter of the housing, the greater the force applied to the actuator for a given supply pressure.
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• Benoit Musy
  ...t an [[agriculture]] engineering degree in [[Bern]], and served in the air force during [[World War II]], during which he in 1944 became famous for rescuing
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• Foglietti
  ...g triangles, telescopic shocks-absorber and coaxial cylindrical motivating force. Motor Fiat 1,100/103, posterior. Bore 68mm, run 75mm. Piston displacement ...g triangles, telescopic shocks-absorber and coaxial cylindrical motivating force. Motor Ford 105 and, posterior. Bore 85mm, run 48,4mm. Piston displacement
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• Taraschi
  ...nal struts, telescopic shocks-absorber and coaxial cylindrical motivatings force. Motor front Fiat 1,100/103. Bore 68mm, run 75mm. Piston displacement 1,098
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• Spoiler (automotive)
  ...(force)|lift]], decrease [[drag (force)|drag]], or increase the amount of force pushing the vehicle's tires to the road surface (also called ''[[downforce] The result of these two effects is the same: increasing the force between the tire and the road surface, thereby increasing traction. This i
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• Moment of inertia
  ...[[torque]], [[angular velocity]] and [[angular acceleration]] replacing [[force]], [[velocity]] and [[acceleration]], respectively). A common equation which describes the relationship between the linear force applied to an object, the object's mass, and the object's linear accelerati
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• Alloy
  ...compressive force on neighboring atoms, and smaller atoms exert a tensile force on their neighbors, helping the alloy resist deformation. Alloys may exhib
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• Machine
  ...rce applied. This does not entirely describe the machine's performance, as force is required to overcome [[friction]] as well. The [[mechanical efficiency]]
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• Kenny Brack
  | [[Panoz|G-Force]] | [[Panoz|G-Force]]
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• Torque
  [[Image:Torque_animation.gif|frame|right|Relationship between force, torque, and [[angular momentum|momentum]] vectors in a rotating system]] ...torque as one newton applied six metres from the fulcrum. This assumes the force is in a direction at [[right angle]]s to the straight lever.
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• Axle
  ...chanical system (typically a [[electric motor|motor]]) exerts a rotational force on the axle, which is transferred to the wheel(s) to accelerate the vehicle *[[Brake|Braking]]<br>Conversely a vehicle may be slowed by applying force to brake the rotation of the axle. Consumer vehicles' brakes are part of t
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• Downforce
  ...[[Lift (force)|lift]] under its [[wing|wings]] is used in reverse to apply force that presses the race car against the surface of the track. This effect is *[[Lift (force)]]
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• Trail braking
  For a discussion of how this applies more force to the front tire and how much, see [[Bicycle and motorcycle dynamics#Braki
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• Spring (device)
  *Spring [[Washer (mechanical)|washer]] - used to apply a constant tensile force along the axis of a [[fastener]]. ...th) is linearly proportional to its [[Tension (mechanics)|tension]], the [[force]] used to stretch it. Similarly, the contraction (negative extension) is p
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• Hydraulic brake
  When the brake pedal is depressed, [[leverage]] multiplies the force applied from the pedal to a [[piston]] in the master cylinder. As force is applied to lines to the slave cylinders.
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• Saxomat
  ...gaged above certain engine [[Revolutions per minute|RPM]] by [[centrifugal force]], acting on spinning weights inside the clutch, similar to a [[centrifugal
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• Camshaft
  ...''lobes'' or ''[[cam]]s'' protruding from it, one for each valve. The cams force the valves open by pressing on the valve, or on some intermediate mechanism In addition to mechanical friction, considerable force is required to overcome the valve springs used to close the engine's valves
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• Newton's Second Law
  Newton's second law is a mathematical [[definition]] of [[force]], first proposed by Newton himself (thus the name). ...l remain at rest or traveling in uniform motion unless acted upon by a net force."''
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• Fides
  ...high hopes Fides never succeeded in the market. In 1911 Fides modest sales force a turnover and [[Lancia]] ended up buying the firm.
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• Brake-by-wire
  ...signals that are of particular safety importance such as displacement and force measurements of the brake pedal copied by multiple processors in the [[peda === Measurement and/or estimation of clamp force in the electromechanical calipers ===
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• Inertia
  ...ervation of angular momentum of a rotating object and describes how much [[force]] or [[torque]] is needed to accelerate the object at a given rate. The 'mo ...in its state of uniform motion unless acted on by an external unbalanced [[force]]'' is called Newton's ''[[Newton's laws of motion|first law]] of [[motion]
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• Unsprung weight
  ...on the unsprung weight. In time, the unsprung weight then responds to this force with movement of its own. The amount of movement is inversely proportional
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• Power (physics)
  ...tärke]] (PS), [[horsepower#CV and cv|cheval vapeur]] (CV) and [[foot-pound force|foot-pounds]] per minute. One unit of horsepower is equivalent to 33,000 fo :'''F''' is [[force]]
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• Pennacchio
  ...ransmitted via a [[transmission]] chain and by the means of [[gears]], the force then led from there to a drive wheel. This model, however, did not prevail
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• Pneumatics
  ...bsorbs excessive force, whereas the fluid of hydraulics directly transfers force.
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• Polizia di Stato
  ...the ''[[Carabinieri]]'', which is a [[military police]] ([[gendarmerie]]) force and the ''[[Guardia di Finanza]]'', the Italian customs and border protecti ...chief is referred to as the ''Capo della Polizia'' (Chief of Police). The force is organized on a regional and provincial basis, thus every major Italian t
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• Units of energy
  ...stomary units|US units]] for both energy and work include the [[foot-pound force]] (1.3558&nbsp;J), the [[British thermal unit]] (Btu) which has various val
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• Snetterton Circuit
  ...n Heath]] ) which was then designated for use y the United States Army Air Force. The airfield was opened in May 1943 and closed down in November 1948.
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• Limited slip differential
  In the mechanical ''clutch type'', a mechanism, such as a [[centrifugal force|centrifugal]] weighted rotor, detects differential wheel velocity and appli ...casing apart. Therefore, only during Very hard braking will it have enough force pushing it forward to expand the casing.
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• Aurelio Lampredi
  ...am engine|Twin-Cam]] and [[fiat SOHC|SOHC]] engines, which provided motive-force for most Fiat automobiles for over 32 years. He was also made manager of Fi
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• Sway bar
  ...prung mass, causing the body to lean towards the outside of the turn. This force is called the [[roll couple]]. One effect of body (frame) lean, for typical ...s on the opposite sides of the vehicle together, the bar will transmit the force of one-wheel bumps to the opposite wheel. On rough or broken pavement, anti
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• Greg Ray
  | [[Panoz|G-Force]] | [[Panoz|G-Force]]
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• Boost gauge
  A Boost gauge will measure pressure in either [[pound-force per square inch|psi]] or [[bar (unit)|bar]] and many also measure manifold
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• Air brake (aircraft)
  ...to increase [[Drag (physics)|drag]] while making little change to [[lift (force)|lift]], spoilers greatly reduce lift while making little change to drag.
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• Douglas Meythaler
  Creating artwork has always been a driving force for artist Doug Meythaler. Working in watercolors and acrylics Doug strive
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• Power steering
  ...system that tries to turn the steering wheel back to center position. The force of the centering device increases as the car's road speed increases. As lon
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• Top dead center
  ...k]] where the applied force is straight along its axis, meaning no turning force can be applied. Many sorts of machines are crank driven, including [[unicy ...t turn the [[chainwheel]], but the rider's leg is able to apply tangential force at the pedal to overcome it. [[Fixed gear bicycles]] (without a [[freehub]]
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• Ice Racing
  ...made [[4-stroke]] [[Jawa Motors|Jawa]] motorcycles have been the dominant force in this sport. Impressive motorcycle ice racing footage can be seen in the
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• Savoia-Marchetti S.55
  ...alled a "'''[[Balbo]]'''". The aircraft went on to serve the [[Italian Air Force]] and the [[Luftwaffe]] in [[World War II]] as a long range [[bomber]] and
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• Dynamic brake
  ...estimates that dynamic braking provides between 50% to 70% of the braking force during blended braking.
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• Volpini
  ...g triangles, telescopic shocks-absorber and coaxial cylindrical motivating force. Rear suspension to inferior oscillating trapezes, advanced cross-sectional ...inal struts, telescopic shocks-absorber and coaxial cylindrical motivating force. Motor front Fiat 1,200. Bore 68mm, run 75mm. Piston displacement 1,089 cm3
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• Georges Boillot
  ...the outbreak of [[World War I]], Georges Boillot joined the new French Air Force. He lost his life on April 21, 1916 when his plane was shot down in a dogfi
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• Cabi-Cattaneo
  ...World War One, with the extensive use of his unique designs in Italian Air Force aircraft. He also developed and manufactured the engines for the celebrated ...ine was used on the Atlantic flights in 1931 and 1933 when the Italian Air Force was planning air routes to the Americas.
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• Mid-engine design
  ...ld, which can then be used in a frontal collision to spread out the impact force over time. ...the back of the seats. It makes it easier for the suspension to absorb the force of bumps so the riders feel a smoother ride. But in sports cars this benef
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• Cornering Brake Control
  ...ansion of the [[anti-lock braking system]], designed to distribute braking force during emergency braking whilst cornering. CBC interacts with ABS to counte
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• Four stroke cycle
  ...ine relies entirely on the piston's motion to draw in fuel and air, and to force out the exhaust gasses. As the piston descends on the intake (inlet) stroke ...rce is lost through the exhaust port that could be driving the piston, the force that the piston must exert on the gasses to exhaust them from the cylinder
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• Camber angle
  ...es through the vertical plane of the tire, rather than through a [[shear]] force across it. On the other hand, for maximum straight-line acceleration, obvio
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• Electro-pneumatic brake system on British railway trains
  * On a long train the brake force during a brake application was not consistent along the length of the train ...ol valve set the rate of change of brake force, not the level of the brake force).
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• Connecting rod
  ...t can be seen that longer con rods will reduce the amount of this sideways force, and therefore lead to longer engine life. However, for a given engine bloc
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• Benelli M4 Super 90
  |Trigger force || 5.5 to 7.28 lbf (24 to 32 N) ...s]] and is planned for distribution to the [[U. S. Army]], the [[U. S. Air Force]], the [[U. S. Navy]], and the [[United States Coast Guard|U. S. Coast Guar
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• Carabinieri
  ...The full official title of the force is '''''Arma dei Carabinieri''''' (''Force of Carabinieri''). ...y|Army]], [[Marina Militare|Navy]] and [[Aeronautica Militare Italiana|Air Force]]), thus ending their long standing as the first corps (''Arma'') of the Ar
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• Guardia di Finanza
  ...ˈgwardja di fiˈnantsa/}}) is an [[Italian police|Italian military police]] force under the authority of the Minister of Economy and Finance. It is a part of ...orps’ configuration as a military structure, enhanced its role as a police force having general competence on all economic, financial and judicial matters f
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• Shock absorber
  ...ndency for otherwise [[Elasticity|elastic]] materials to rebound with less force than was required to deform them. Simple vehicles with no separate shock a ...easily rebuilt with simple hand tools. A disadvantage is that the damping force tends not to increase with the speed of the vertical motion.
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• Gasket
  ...w#Bolt|bolts]] exerting compression well into the 14 [[MPa]] (2000 [[pound-force per square inch|psi]]) range or higher. Generally speaking, there are sever
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• Coil spring
  ...tore energy and subsequently release it, to absorb shock, or to maintain a force between contacting surfaces. They are made of an [[elastic]] material form
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• Piston
  ...either to change the [[volume]] enclosed by the cylinder, or to exert a [[force]] on a [[fluid]] inside the cylinder.
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• Savoia-Marchetti SM.81
  ...oth the [[Italian Social Republic]] and the [[co-belligerent]] Italian air force.
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• Open wheel
  ...of the tire is moving at double the speed of the car, and aerodynamic drag force varies with the [[Square_number|square]] of the speed). The visibility of t
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• Open-wheel
  ...of the tire is moving at double the speed of the car, and aerodynamic drag force varies with the [[Square_number|square]] of the speed). The visibility of t
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• Power transmission
  ...(mechanics)|transmission]] gears can adjust the amount of [[torque]] or [[force]] vs. [[speed]] in much the same way an electrical transformer adjusts [[vo
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• List of Formula One people
  === Force India ===<!--since 2008--> * [[Vijay Mallya]] - [[Force India]] co-owner
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• Motorcycle rally
  ...cyclists (or bikers) prefer the winter rallies, such as the Mayflower MCCs Force Ten rally or the Dean Vally MCCs Rallymans Rally. The usual order of the da
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• Alfa Romeo SZ
  ...ver 1.1 [[g-force|G]] in cornering, some drivers have measured a cornering force of 1.4 G, which remains an excellent performance figure.
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• Lamborghini Reventón
  ...aluminium]] block, protected by a [[carbon fiber]] casing. The [[g-force|G-Force-Meter]] is completely new and it is one of the talking points of the Revent ...he usual circular instruments; [[speedometer]] and [[tachometer]]. The [[G-Force]]-Meter still remains at the center of this display mode.
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• Henry Segrave
  ...nded [[Eton College]] in England. He served in the [[British]] [[Royal Air Force]] in [[World War I]]. He was shot twice, but lived, in separate incidents i
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• Drum brake
  ...se the rotation of the drum drags the shoes around with it, increasing the force holding them together. This can be used to make a very powerful brake (as
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• Air brake (road vehicle)
  ...g would be infeasible if a liquid were used as the mode of transmission of force, as it is in [[hydraulic brakes]]. In addition, the use of an air brake sys ...the "cut-out" level (no higher than 130 lbs. per square inch, or "[[Pound-force per square inch|p.s.i.]]" or 896 [[Pa|kPa]]), the governor stops the compre
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• Economy
  !align="left" valign="top"|Labour force !align="left" valign="top"|Labour force by occupation
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• Kingpin
  ...eering effort (especially on vehicles without [[power steering]]) but more force applied to the steering components by road surface imperfections, braking,
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• Al Unser Jr.
  | [[Panoz|G-Force]] | [[Panoz|G-Force]]
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• RWD
  ...- accelerating [[force]] is applied to the rear wheels, on which the down force increases, due to [[load transfer]] in acceleration, making the rear tires
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• Disc brake
  ...elf-servo effect and the braking force is always proportional to the pedal force being applied by the driver. ...can take high heat usually do best when hot and will have reduced braking force when cold. Also, high heat pads typically have more aggressive compounds a
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• Ground effect
  ...sure above the car will apply a downward force. Naturally, to maximize the force one wants the maximum area at the minimal pressure. Racing car designers ha ...d effects. If this occurs in a corner where the driver is relying on this force to stay on the track, its sudden removal can cause the car to abruptly lose
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• Piaggio P.180 Avanti
  ...wnward force, requiring the main wing to produce more lift to balance this force, and thus increasing [[induced drag]]. The Avanti's aerodynamics and turbop
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• 2009 Formula One season
  *[[Force India F1|Force India]] |rowspan=2| {{flagiconIndia}} [[Force India F1|Force India F1 Team]]
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• Roller bearing
  ...ler is like a wedge and bearing loads tend to try to eject the roller; the force from the collar which keeps the roller in the bearing adds to bearing frict ...load. Smaller rolling elements are lighter and thus have less centrifugal force, but smaller elements also bend more sharply where they contact the race, c
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• Rear-wheel drive
  ...- accelerating [[force]] is applied to the rear wheels, on which the down force increases, due to [[load transfer]] in acceleration, making the rear tires
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• Brake fluid
  ...lications in [[automobile]]s and [[light truck]]s. It is used to transfer force under pressure from where it is created through [[hydraulic]] lines to the
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• Di Blasi
  ...[[1970 | seventies]] by Rosario Di Blasi, a former pilot of' [[Italian Air Force]]. Appreciated expert flying technique, is the inventor of the "[[Ruler for
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• Legnano Bike
  These all turn out to be winning choices. The labor force produces excellent bicycles, while the team led by [[Edoardo Pavesi]], the
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• Turkish Grand Prix
  .... It is a quadruple apex corner with a load of 5[[G-force|G]] (5 times the force of gravity) for 4 seconds. It is actually 4 corners joined together. Many d
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• Scott Sharp
  | [[Panoz|G-Force]]
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• Wheel
  ...t its axis, either by way of gravity or by application of another external force. Common examples are found in [[transport]] applications. More generally th ...enables efficient movement of an object across a surface where there is a force pressing the object to the surface. Common examples are a cart drawn by a h
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• Engineering mechanics
  ...liquid]] under [[pressure]], the fracture of a [[solid]] from an applied [[force]], or the vibration of an ear in response to [[sound]]. A practitioner of
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• Carlo Ubbiali
  ...g|motorcycle]] [[road racing|road racer]]. In the 1950s, he was a dominant force in the smaller classes of [[Grand Prix motorcycle racing]].
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• Jack Brabham
  During [[World War II]] he served in the [[Royal Australian Air Force]]. In [[1946]] he opened a small repair business. He also raced midget cars
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• Bicycle brake systems
  ...r bicycles, braking on these bikes is still achieved only by reversing the force on the pedals. This is not a disadvantage for the very specialized manner i ...several types of '''rim brakes'''. In all of these designs, the braking [[force]] is applied by the rider squeezing a [[lever]] mounted on the [[handlebar]
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• Differential (mechanics)
  ...corners. The differential is designed to drive a pair of wheels with equal force, while allowing them to rotate at different speeds. In vehicles without a d ...f a differential is that it can reduce overall [[torque]] - the rotational force which propels the vehicle. The amount of torque required to propel the vehi
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