loop
16
7.2
- noun
- /luːp/
- Specialized
:
bucle
- Having done one aileron roll and one loop in my life.
Examples
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They're doing recon loops at 4,000 feet.
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When you did the outside loop last week, what was that?
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We're going to go right around that loop in space.
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There were, I think three people that did that, finished one loop last year.
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And when you do your passes, you want to do two loops same as we just did.
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Want a plane that loops the loop
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The P77 plane dives then into a run out the other side of the loop.
Fiction book (1998) -
"Now, the racers hit the Rainbow Bridge, with its 360-degree loop."
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And one flier did a loop-to-loop, and the other flier fell out.
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The pilot performed a thrilling loop during the airshow, impressing the crowd with his skill.
Synonyms
1
7.6
A complete vertical circle made by an aircraft as a flying stunt
A plane flight that climbs, flies upside down, then dives in a vertical circle with the pilot on the inside
A plane move where it dives, flies upside down, and then climbs back to level flight
Idioms
Compounds
- Specialized
16
4.2
A system where part of what it makes is sent back to change how it works
- Specialized
1
5.1
A system that uses feedback to keep things like temperature at the right level
- Specialized
1
9.1
How much output an amplifier sends back to its input, affecting how steady it is
- Specialized
A control system that uses information from sensors to adjust itself automatically
- Specialized
A system that recovers, cleans, and reuses materials to avoid waste
- Specialized
A plane flight that climbs, flies upside down, then dives in a vertical circle with the pilot on the inside
- Specialized
A plane move where it dives, flies upside down, and then climbs back to level flight
Surface Forms
Etymology
Loop for the flight move comes from the simple image of making a full circle, like a ring or 'loop', so a flying loop is a complete vertical circle made by the plane.