Glossary entry

English term or phrase:

Whifferdrill

Polish translation:

dokowanie dwóch statków kosmicznych na różnych płaszczyznach orbitalnych (ang. whifferdill)

Added to glossary by Frank Szmulowicz, Ph. D.
May 4, 2019 18:35
5 yrs ago
English term

Whifferdrill

English to Polish Other Aerospace / Aviation / Space
Dzień dobry, chodzi tu pewnie o jakiś akrobacyjny manewr w dziedzinie lotnictwa, niestety nie mam pomysłu jakby to miało brzmieć po polsku...

Z książki, fragment opisujący misję Gemini 10 gdzie wykonano taki manewr- But I was a "real" astronaut now, and I began a lifetime of explaining "what it was like up there." My first formal opportunity was at our post-flight press conference, where John had the impossible task of clarifying, in layman's terms, the reasons behind our out-of-plane whifferdill and its exorbitant fuel consumption.


In astronautics, a whifferdill is a maneuver used during orbital rendezvous when the target is on a different orbital plane from the piloted vehicle.
Change log

May 19, 2019 10:33: Frank Szmulowicz, Ph. D. Created KOG entry

Discussion

Andrzej Mierzejewski May 5, 2019:
Niewykluczone, że ten manewr nie ma polskiej nazwy.
mike23 May 4, 2019:
A whifferdill turn[1] (also wolferdil, whiferdill, or (chiefly Canadian & British) whifferdale or wifferdale manoeuvre
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whifferdill_turn
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FVxquTs-JGc
http://www.whifferdill.com/whats-a-whifferdill.html

Proposed translations

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dokowanie dwóch statków kosmicznych na różnych płaszczyznach orbitalnych (ang. whifferdill)

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Reference comments

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Reference:

Gemini-10 (the infamous "whifferdill")

The series of rendezvous and docking operations in 1966 is thendiscussed. Hacker describes the Gemin-8 docking with the Agena, thenthe complex planning for Gemini-9 and the way it actually turned out,then the same process for Gemini-10. A more detailed discussion of therendezvous problems on Gemini-10 (the infamous "whifferdill") ispresented based on an astronaut's memoirs and on post-flight studies

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The astronauts trained for this possibility aboard the TDS by making a helix-shaped approach to the target, known as a whifferdill in the tradition of pilots at air shows, to correct the error that had placed it off to the Agena’s side. - https://oaktrust.library.tamu.edu/bitstream/handle/1969.1/16... - page 137

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