Throttle

Definitions

• The valve in a carburetor or fuel control unit that determines the amount of fuel-air mixture that is fed to the engine.
• The control in an aircraft that regulates the power or thrust the pilot wants the engine to develop from the valve in a carburetor or fuel control unit that determines the amount of fuel-air mixture that is fed to the engine.
• The control in an aircraft that regulates the power or thrust the pilot wants the engine to develop.

References

• Airplane Flying Handbook, Federal Aviation Administration, 2021
• Powered Parachute Flying Handbook, Federal Aviation Administration, 2007
• Weight-Shift Control Aircraft Flying Handbook, Federal Aviation Administration, 2008