Meaning of breakout force | Babel Free

Definitions

The amount of force that must be applied to a control before it starts to move.

countable, uncountable

Examples

“The Safety Board evaluated the sensitivity of the A300-600 rudder system to determine whether it played a role in the accident. Because there is no industry standard measure of pedal sensitivity, Board investigators defined, for the purposes of this evaluation, rudder pedal sensitivity as the lateral acceleration produced in the cockpit per pound of rudder pedal force above breakout force.”

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