Assertion: radome's portion | /r/HasProperty | major
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text: This has, in addition to other desirable attributes, the distinct advantage of permitting the radome to be of optimum structural configuration as its major portions may be fabricated'of metal, to have adequate strength and structural characteristics, with a window region of material transparent to the radiated energy.
text: In an airplane, the combination of a disk-shaped radome rotatably mounted on and exterior to the body of said airplane with its minor axis generally perpendicular to the direction of flight, said disk-shaped radome having a major solid segmental portion, greater than one half thereof, constructed of high strength metal and a minor portion of said radome, less than one half thereof, constructed of material substantially transparent to high frequency energy, a spindle fixed to the body of the airplane and projecting a substantial distance into the interior of the radome substantially in the center thereof, bearing means rotatably securing the radome to the fixed spindle within the radome, means for rotating the radome about an axis normal to the direction of flight and an antenna mounted in said radome for rotation therewith, said antenna located in said minor portion of said radome beyond said spindle and arranged to transmit and receive through said minor portion.