Examples of 'drogue' in a sentence
Meaning of "drogue"
Drogue (noun) - In the context of nautical terms, a drogue is a device used to slow down a ship's speed or to stabilize its direction in rough seas
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- A floating object attached to the end of a harpoon line to slow a whale down and prevent it from diving.
- A type of bag pulled behind a boat to stop it from broaching to.
- A conical parachute used as a brake for some kinds of aircraft, or as a means of extracting and deploying a larger parachute, or to slow a rapidly-moving vehicle to a speed where it can safely deploy a larger parachute.
- A conical basket or device used variously as a target for gunnery practice, and as a docking point for aerial refuelling.
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The drogue will keep her stable.
Three minutes until time of drogue deployment.
Deploy a drogue from the towed vessel.
Target intends using a drogue with a boat.
The drogue chute is a last resort.
I think you should launch the drogue.
A properly functioning drogue should also prevent pitchpoling.
Or you can release this drogue late.
Failure of the drogue parachute contributed to the accident.
Such an adaptor is known as a boom drogue adaptor.
Before his drogue chute opened to stabilize him.
We are moving in to pick up the drogue now.
Arm with a drogue chute attached to it.
Coming up now on three minutesuntil time of drogue deployment.
You put in a drogue in the water.
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And the probe nestLes into the drogue.
A vehicle drogue parachute is then deployed.
Method and apparatus for controlling a refueling drogue.
Drogue stones were the equivalent of a storm anchor on ancient ships.
See also drogue parachute.
A drogue chute was used to reduce the opening force required.
Probe and drogue refueling.
Drogue descent rate nominal.
Coming up now on three minutes until time of drogue deployment.
The series drogue does not have to be adjusted during a storm.
Those are the drogue chutes.
Deploy a drogue from the stern of the towed vessel.
We are streaming the drogue down.
There is the drogue chute and then the smaller.
Check attachment points and the effectiveness of the drogue.
Simulations of wind fields and drogue field verification are again common.
A quick release system for a coupling and drogue assembly.
The drogue is clear.
Buoys are connected to the ship as the drogue was not completely submerged.
Drogue gun piston.
Release drogue now.
Drogue withdrawal line.
A flying boom or a hose with a drogue is extended from a tanker plane.
The drogue may then be configured to issue a command to the actuator.
Standing by to deploy drogue.
The refueling drogue can include a variety of different types of actuators.
Man alignment drogue.
The refueling drogue of one embodiment may include a plurality of actuators.
Also called a drogue.
The drogue now.
Another type of refueling system is the probe and drogue system.
To extract the drogue chute pull the handle out and forward.
The main release handle is coupled with the drogue release handle.
It is drogue fall.
A drogue parachute is a small parachute designed to be deployed from a rapidly moving object.
