rolloff
nounEtymology Deverbal from roll off.
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Aeronautics, Aerospace, Aviation, Business, Engineering, Natural sciences, Physical sciences Usually A sudden large uncommanded roll to the left or right experienced by an aircraft entering a stall, resulting from one wing stalling slightly before the other and exacerbated by the reduction in aileron control authority at high angles of attack.
- The Learjet does not possess sufficient inherent prestall buffet characteristics at low speeds to provide the pilot with a clear warning that the aircraft is stalled before it enters a flight condition from which a normal recovery cannot be accomplished. Therefore, the aircraft is equipped with an artificial stall warning system which incorporates a stickshaker and stickpusher to provide a prestall warning in order to prevent an abrupt wing rolloff. The system includes a stall vane on each side of the nose of the aircraft, two angle of attack indicators, two stall warning lights, and a computer.1982, National Transportation Safety Board, “1.16.2 Aircraft Characteristics”, in Aircraft Accident Report: Sky Train Air, Inc., Gates Learjet 24, N44CJ, Felt, Oklahoma, October 1, 1981, archived from the original on 21 Feb 2021, pages 11–12:
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Usually A rolloff dumpster.
- There's so much junk to be removed that we ordered a rolloff.
- Related terms
- rollabout, rolldown, roll-on, roll-on roll-off, roll-up, dumpster, dump truck, dumptruck