puff pipe

noun

A pipe on a VTOL aircraft that expels compressed air in order to stabilize the craft.

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Meanings

nounpuff pipe (plural puff pipes)

plural puff pipes

  1. aeronauticsA pipe on a VTOL aircraft that expels compressed air in order to stabilize the craft.

    Basically, the Bedstead proved that stabilizing a jet-borne aircraft by means of "puff pipes" was practical and that not only was auto-stabilizing possible but that, with training, manual stabilizing could also be achieved.

    1966, Sung-ming Wang, VTOL vehicles: practice and potential, page 72
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MLA

“puff pipe.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/puff%20pipe. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

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