nacelle

Example Sentences

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While the turbines will be supplied by General Electric, the cabinlike structures called nacelles, which house the gearing and electronics, will be made in France.

From New York Times

Christopher Lorence, chief engineer at GE Aerospace said doing away with the heavy nacelle pod and the internal thrust reverser saves about a ton of weight on each engine.

From Seattle Times

Separately, Universal’s engineers are developing a power system inside the plane’s nacelle — the casing around the motor — including a fuel cell that converts the hydrogen to electricity that turns the propellers.

From Seattle Times

He kicked past the hulking nacelles that held the turbofan engines and dropped down the side of the fuselage and into the pool of light.

From New York Times

Just take the nacelle—that's the long narrow piece that houses the motor and sits right behind the blades.

From Scientific American