auxiliary power unit (APU) - Hilfstriebwerk (englisch auxiliary power unit, APU) - Вспомогательная силовая установка (ВСУ)

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Aircraft components and systems
Airframe structure Cabane strut • Canopy • Dope • Cruciform tail • Empennage • Fairing • Fabric covering • Flying wires • Former • Fuselage • Interplane strut • Hardpoint • Horizontal stabilizer • Jury strut • Leading edge • Lift strut • Longeron • Nacelle • Rear pressure bulkhead • Rib • Spar • Stabilizer • Stressed skin • Strut • Tailplane • Trailing edge • T-tail • Twin tail • Vertical stabilizer • V-tail • Wingbox • Wing root • Wing tip
Flight controls Aileron • Airbrake • Artificial feel • Autopilot • Canard • Centre stick • Deceleron • Dive brake • Elevator • Elevon • Electro-hydrostatic actuator • Flaperon • Flight control modes • Fly-by-wire • Gust lock • Rudder • Servo tab • Side-stick • Spoiler • Spoileron • Stabilator • Stick pusher • Stick shaker • Trim tab • Yaw damper • Wing warping • Yoke
Aerodynamic and high-lift
devices
Active Aeroelastic Wing • Adaptive Compliant Wing • Blown flap • Channel wing • Dog-tooth • Droop • Flap • Gouge flap • Gurney flap • Krueger flaps • Leading edge cuff • LEX • Slats • Slot • Stall strips • Strake • Variable-sweep wing • Vortex generator • Vortilon • Wing fence • Winglet
Avionic and flight
instrument systems
ACAS • Air data computer • Airspeed indicator • Altimeter • Annunciator panel • Attitude indicator • Compass • Course deviation indicator • EFIS • EICAS • Flight data recorder • Flight management system • Glass cockpit • GPS • Heading indicator • Horizontal situation indicator • INS • TCAS • Transponder • Turn and bank indicator • Pitot-static system • Radar altimeter • Vertical Speed Indicator • Yaw string
Propulsion controls,
devices and fuel systems
Autothrottle • Drop tank • FADEC • Fuel tank • Gascolator • Inlet cone • Intake ramp • NACA cowling • Self-sealing fuel tank • Splitter plate • Throttle • Thrust lever • Thrust reversal • Townend ring • Wet wing
Landing and arresting gear Arrestor hook • Autobrake • Conventional landing gear • Drogue parachute • Landing gear • Landing gear extender • Oleo strut • Tricycle landing gear • Tundra tire
Escape systems Ejection seat • Escape crew capsule
Other systems Aircraft lavatory • Auxiliary power unit • Bleed air system • Deicing boot • Emergency oxygen system • Entertainment system • Environmental Control System • Hydraulic system • Ice protection system • Landing lights • Navigation light • Passenger service unit • Ram air turbine • Weeping wing

Aircraft gas turbine engine components, systems and terminology
Gas turbines
and jet propulsion
Types Propfan • Turbofan • Turbojet • Turboprop • Turboshaft • Ramjet • Rocket
Mechanical
components
Accessory drive • Air intake • Afterburner (reheat) • Axial compressor • Centrifugal compressor • Combustor • Constant speed drive • Propelling nozzle • Turbine blade
Principles Aircraft engine starting • Bleed air • Brayton cycle • Bypass ratio • Compressor stall • Engine pressure ratio (EPR) • Flameout • Jet engine performance • Overall pressure ratio • Propulsive efficiency • Specific impulse • Thrust • Thrust lapse • Thrust specific fuel consumption • Thrust to weight ratio • Variable cycle engine • Windmill restart
Propellers Components Propeller governor • Propeller speed reduction unit
Principles Autofeather • Blade pitch • Constant-speed • Contra-rotating • Counter-rotating • Proprotor • Scimitar • Variable-pitch
Engine
instruments
Annunciator panel • Electronic centralised aircraft monitor (ECAM) • Electronic flight instrument system (EFIS) • Engine-indicating and crew-alerting system (EICAS) • Flight data recorder • Glass cockpit
Engine controls Autothrottle • Full Authority Digital Engine/Electronics (FADEC) • Thrust lever • Thrust reversal
Fuel and induction
systems
Jet fuel
Other systems Air-start system • Auxiliary power unit (APU) • Bleed air system • Hydraulic system • Ice protection system

Aircraft piston engine components, systems and terminology
Piston engines Mechanical
components
Camshaft • Connecting rod • Crankpin • Crankshaft • Cylinder • Cylinder head • Gudgeon pin • Hydraulic tappet • Main bearing • Obturator ring • Oil pump • Piston • Piston ring • Poppet valve • Pushrod • Rocker arm • Sleeve valve • Tappet
Electrical
components
Alternator • Capacitor discharge ignition • Dual ignition • Electronic fuel injection • Generator • Ignition system • Magneto • Spark plug • Starter
Terminology Air-cooled • Aircraft engine starting • Bore • Compression ratio • Dead centre • Engine displacement • Four-stroke engine • Horsepower • Ignition timing • Manifold pressure • Mean effective pressure • Naturally aspirated • Monosoupape • Overhead camshaft • Overhead valve engine • Rotary engine • Shock cooling • Stroke • Time between overhauls • Two-stroke engine • Valve timing • Volumetric efficiency
Propellers Components Propeller governor • Propeller speed reduction unit • Spinner
Terminology Autofeather • Blade pitch • Constant-speed • Contra-rotating • Counter-rotating • Scimitar • Single-blade • Variable-pitch
Engine instruments Annunciator panel • EFIS • EICAS • Flight data recorder • Glass cockpit • Hobbs meter • Tachometer
Engine controls Carburetor heat • Throttle
Fuel and induction
system
Avgas • Carburetor • Fuel injection • Gascolator • Inlet manifold • Intercooler • Pressure carburetor • Supercharger • Turbocharger • Updraft carburetor
Other systems Auxiliary power unit • Coffman starter • Hydraulic system • Ice protection system • Recoil start

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