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Aircraft maintenance

Principles, fundamentals, and technical procedures for aircraft maintenance, including terms on airframe, powerplant ratings, mathematics, aircraft drawings, weight and balance, aircraft materials, processes and tools, physics, electricity, inspection, ground operations, and FAA regulations governing the certification and work of maintenance technicians.

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Aircraft maintenance

Bernoulli’s principle

Aviation; Aircraft maintenance

Equivalent to the principle of conservation of energy, this principle states that the static pressure of a fluid (liquid or gas) decreases at points where the velocity of the fluid increases, ...

binary number system

Aviation; Aircraft maintenance

The binary number system is a number system that has only two digits, 0 (zero) and 1. Binary numbers are made from a series of zeros and ones. An example of an 8-bit binary number is 11010010. The ...

block diagrams

Aviation; Aircraft maintenance

Used to show a simplified relationship of a more complex system of components.

borescope

Aviation; Aircraft maintenance

A device that enables the inspector to see inside areas that could not otherwise be inspected without disassembly.

Boyle’s law

Aviation; Aircraft maintenance

States that the volume of an enclosed dry gas varies inversely with its absolute pressure, provided the temperature remains constant.

break lines

Aviation; Aircraft maintenance

Line on a drawing indicating that a portion of the object is not shown on the drawing.

British thermal unit (BTU)

Aviation; Aircraft maintenance

The amount of heat required to change the temperature of 1 pound of water by 1 degree Fahrenheit.

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