breakout force

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Noun

breakout force (countable and uncountable, plural breakout forces)

  1. The amount of force that must be applied to a control before it starts to move.
    • 2004 October 26, National Transportation Safety Board, “2.3.3 Characteristics of the A300-600 Rudder Control System Design”, in Aircraft Accident Report: In-Flight Separation of Vertical Stabilizer, American Airlines Flight 587, Airbus Industrie A300-605R, N14053, Belle Harbor, New York, November 12, 2001, archived from the original on 3 June 2022, page 145:
      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.