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Glossary entry

German term or phrase:

Bodenprüf-Wahlventil

English translation:

ground check selector valve

Added to glossary by Dawn Montague
May 10, 2002 21:03
22 yrs ago
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German term

Bodenprüf-Wahlventil

German to English Tech/Engineering Aerospace / Aviation / Space aeronautics
I'm in the middle of a pile of medical documents concerning an injury case to do with exposure to radar emissions, but now and then there are technical terms having to do with aeronautics. This one is about safety regulations when working on military aircraft:

"Das Hydraulik-Aggregat wird an das Bodenprüf-Wahlventil des Flugzeuges angeschlossen, das sich am Hydraulikgeraetetraeger auf der Triebwerkzugangsklappe befindet. Das Ventil besitzt Schnelltrennfittings fuer die Druck- und Rucklaufleitungen des Aussenbord-Hydraulik-Aggregats. Das Bodenprüf-Wahlventil hat drei Stellungen...
Proposed translations (English)
4 +5 ground-check selector valve
4 adjustable valve for testing aircraft on the ground

Proposed translations

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ground-check selector valve

In aeronautics, this would be the term.

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Note added at 2002-05-10 22:25:23 (GMT)
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Bodenprüfung (acc. to Kucera): ground check (aeron.)

Wahlventil (Ernst): selector valve (aeron.)
Peer comment(s):

agree yeswhere
3 hrs
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agree jerrie
9 hrs
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agree John Kinory (X)
23 hrs
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agree Сергей Лузан
2 days 12 hrs
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agree Steve McFarlane
3 days 23 hrs
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adjustable valve for testing aircraft on the ground

Something of a guess, of course, but seems to fit the words and context not too badly, at least to me.
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