Pet Peeve... "Motor"
07-15-2007, 09:04 AM
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Pet Peeve... "Motor"
I saw it in the paper this morning. The context was an airport neighbor talking about how she gets a-scared whenever she hears "those airplane motors."
But it's not just a lay-people thing. I hear a lot of fellow pilots saying it.
It's an ENGINE!!! ENGINE!!! ENGINE!!!
Does this bother anyone else, or do I have mild OCD?
But it's not just a lay-people thing. I hear a lot of fellow pilots saying it.
It's an ENGINE!!! ENGINE!!! ENGINE!!!
Does this bother anyone else, or do I have mild OCD?
07-15-2007, 09:24 AM
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I'd have to say you have OCD 
Webster's says a motor is "any of various power units that develop energy or impart motion". So that would make an engine a type of motor. It'd be like calling a square a rectangle, or hot air balloon an aircraft.
Now don't get me started on people calling bison "buffalos", or chimpanzee's "monkeys". They're not. Get it right people!
Webster's says a motor is "any of various power units that develop energy or impart motion". So that would make an engine a type of motor. It'd be like calling a square a rectangle, or hot air balloon an aircraft.
Now don't get me started on people calling bison "buffalos", or chimpanzee's "monkeys". They're not. Get it right people!
07-15-2007, 04:01 PM
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Remember when you were flying piston powered airplanes? If it had a gold powerplant, it was manufactured by Teledyne Continental Motors. I've always been of the opinion that if that's what the factory calls it, I can too..
07-15-2007, 04:34 PM
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A motor converts potential energy into mechanic work (usually rotational). Hydraulic and electrical motors arre common.
An engine converts chemical/thermodynamic energy into mechanical work...by definition it uses fuel of some sort.
Vacuum cleaners have motors. Cars and airplanes have engines.
An engine converts chemical/thermodynamic energy into mechanical work...by definition it uses fuel of some sort.
Vacuum cleaners have motors. Cars and airplanes have engines.
07-15-2007, 08:31 PM
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Originally Posted by rickair7777
A motor converts potential energy into mechanic work (usually rotational). Hydraulic and electrical motors arre common.
An engine converts chemical/thermodynamic energy into mechanical work...by definition it uses fuel of some sort.
Vacuum cleaners have motors. Cars and airplanes have engines.
An engine converts chemical/thermodynamic energy into mechanical work...by definition it uses fuel of some sort.
Vacuum cleaners have motors. Cars and airplanes have engines.
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07-16-2007, 10:03 AM
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Originally Posted by rickair7777
A motor converts potential energy into mechanic work (usually rotational). Hydraulic and electrical motors arre common.
An engine converts chemical/thermodynamic energy into mechanical work...by definition it uses fuel of some sort.
Vacuum cleaners have motors. Cars and airplanes have engines.
An engine converts chemical/thermodynamic energy into mechanical work...by definition it uses fuel of some sort.
Vacuum cleaners have motors. Cars and airplanes have engines.
