Side-sticks and centre-sticks are better for making rapid control inputs and dealing with high g-forces, hence their use in military, sport, and aerobatic aircraft.

In order to reach the centre, people were using sticks to walk.

Spreading sticks are tapped into place between the gunwhales, and are moved towards the ends and increased in length in the centre as the sides flare outward.

Jakun teenagers playing pick-up sticks in a community centre.

They are held in place by crooks ( forked sticks driven into the centre of the hedgebank ).

One unusual feature of the ICTS cars is that they are driven by linear induction motors: instead of using conventional motors to turn the wheels, they push themselves along the route using alternating flat magnets reacting with the distinctive di-magnetic aluminum metal plate that runs down the centre of the tracks.

In the late seventies, the development of engines reached a stage where the ‘ heat range ’ of conventional spark plugs with solid nickel alloy centre electrodes was unable to cope with their demands.

The " plug gap " remains constant throughout its life ; and the spark path will continually vary ( instead of darting from the centre to the side electrode as in a conventional plug ).

IMAX also provides a " top centre " speaker in addition to the centre speaker found in conventional theatres.

* In a four-wheel drive vehicle, a viscous coupling unit can replace a centre differential entirely, or be used to limit slip in a conventional ' open ' differential.

In more conventional calculations, this would be the centre of effort of the sail area ( CE ).

One aspect of the race was Topolski's tactic, communicated to the cox while the crews were on the start, for Oxford to take shelter from the rough water in the middle of the river at the start of the race, ignoring conventional wisdom that centre stream is fastest even if rowing conditions are poor.

These seats had the centre portion upholstered with a knitted vinyl material that allowed the upholstery to " breathe " unlike conventional vinyl.

Ten years later in America Carl A. Neracher designed the Ner-a-Car It had a feet-forward riding position, a pressed steel frame and hub centre steering but in other respects was somewhat similar to a conventional motorcycle.

The car features numerous proprietary designs and technologies ; it is lighter and has a more streamlined structure than many modern sports cars, despite having one seat more than most similar sports cars, with the driver's seat located in the centre ( and slightly forward ) of two passengers ' seating positions, providing driver visibility superior to that of a conventional seating layout.

The England coach had been toying with using a system which allowed narrow play through the centre, not operating with conventional wingers but instead with fitter, centralised players who could show willing in defence as well as spread the ball and their runs in attack.

The manual gearbox quattro's across the range continued with a conventional rear differential ( lockable at low speeds ), and the Torsen centre differential ( manual transmission V8 quattros had Torsen differentials in both the centre and the rear ).

The Type 59 has a conventional post-war layout with the fighting compartment at the front, an engine compartment at the rear, and a cast dome-shaped gun turret in the centre of the hull.

Cohen was an immaculate performer in Ramsey's revolutionary team which played without conventional wide men, allowing for extra strength in midfield and relying on young, stamina-based players like Martin Peters and Alan Ball to drift from centre to flank and back again as required.

Boa Morte mainly played as an attacking wide forward although he has played as a conventional centre midfielder.

Persian Empire | Persian king ( centre ) and courtiers ( right ) depicted in the conventional attitude ( art ) | attitude of proskynesis

In comparison a conventional engine reaches its maximum mechanical advantage after the piston has moved approximately 40 % of its travel from top dead centre ( approx.

In 1949 17000 was modified with a conventional centre gangway and renumbered 17001.

Part of this is aggravated by the fact that, with the exception of a 1 km section in western Embrun which has a centre turning lane, the street is still a conventional two lane street.

This service ended at the end of December 1932 and was replaced with a conventional bus service, the 65, which still acts as the only public transport in the area to the city centre.

One oil circuit, consisting of, lubricates the hydraulic clutches and mechatronics with fully synthetic specialist automatic transmission fluid ( ATF ), whilst the other oil circuit lubricates the gear trains and front and centre differentials with of conventional hypoid gear oil.

It operates 19 elementary schools, four conventional secondary schools and an adult learning centre.

In March 2001, Ahmed al-Nami appeared in an al-Qaeda farewell video showing 13 of the muscle hijackers before they left their training centre in Kandahar ; while he does not speak, he is seen studying maps and flight manuals.

To cross a wide valley ( where the journey delay caused by a flight of locks at either side would be unacceptable ) the centre of the valley can be spanned by an aqueduct-a famous example in Wales is the Pontcysyllte aqueduct across the valley of the River Dee.

Arrows, in contrast, depend on gaining lift in flight, and hence have their centre of balance at a point about 9 % of their length forward of their center.

This was partly overcome by the introduction of a Royal Navy idea to angle the flight deck away from the centre line so that the aircraft landing had a clear run away from the usual forward deck park.

Yet, as the launch of the first station in the program was prepared, it was realized that this would conflict with the call sign Zarya of the flight control centre ( TsUP ) in Korolyov – therefore the name of the space stations was changed to Salyut shortly before launch of Salyut 1.

As part of the Eurofighter consortium DaimlerChrysler Aerospace manufactured the centre fuselage sections of all the development aircraft, ( DA ) beginning with DA1 which made its first flight from DaimlerChrysler Aerospace's Manching facility in March 1994.

The two principal entrances to the mansion in the centre of both the north and south facades were accessed by external staircases, originally a single broad flight on the north side and a double staircase on the south.

The centre window was originally a doorway accessed by a flight of four steps.

This airfield opened as a flight test centre for Vickers in 1944 and used until 1972 ( latterly by the BAC ).

Away from the congested city centre, flight paths would be routed over the South China Sea rather than populous urban areas, enabling efficient round-the-clock operation of multiple runways.

It is obvious in flight, with wings dark above and below, and a dark rump and tail centre.

Sandton is often cited as a materialistic centre and refuge of the white flight from the Johannesburg CBD.

* Centre d ' essais en vol, a flight testing centre in Brétigny-sur-Orge, France

The stall warning and stall recovery systems were at the centre of the inquiry, which examined in some detail their operation and why the flight crew might have overridden them.

Flat land is at a premium in the city centre, and there is a strict limit to the height of buildings: the airport is away, and the city is directly in the flight path.

In 1993, it opened up a flight simulator centre in Qatar, and introduced service to Casablanca, Entebbe, Jakarta, Kilimanjaro, Madras, Rome, San ' a ', Zanzibar, and Zürich.

Some manufactures have sought to solve this by making a flight long and thin but this in turn creates other problems such as changing the dart's centre of gravity.

The centre has six main galleries of exhibits and visitor activities covering space flight, astronomy and cosmology.

As late as 1972, this airfield was in service as a satellite fit-out and flight test centre for Vickers and latterly the British Aircraft Corporation, linked to their main factory and airfield at nearby Brooklands, Weybridge, capable of taking aircraft as large as the VC10.

For a winged vehicle the centre of lift moves during the atmospheric flight as well as the centre of mass ; and the vehicle spends longer in the atmosphere as well.

The AirTanker facility is based at RAF Brize Norton, where a two-bay hangar and support building will provide a maintenance facility, flight operations centre and office headquarters for the programme.

The male is striking in the typical oriole black and yellow plumage, although the plumage is predominantly yellow, with solid black only in the flight feathers and tail centre.

Rolls-Royce's flight test centre closed in 1971, but engines were still tested there until late 2008.