Aircraft maintenance

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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true power

Aviation; Aircraft maintenance

The power dissipated in the resistance of a circuit, or the power actually used in the circuit.

Type Certificate Data Sheet (TCDS)

Aviation; Aircraft maintenance

The FAA issues a type certificate when a new aircraft, engine, propeller, etc., is found to meet safety standards set forth by the FAA. The TCDS lists the specifications, conditions and limitations ...

ultrasonic inspection

Aviation; Aircraft maintenance

Uses high frequency sound energy to conduct examinations and make measurements. Ultrasonic inspection can be used for flaw detection/evaluation, dimensional measurements, and material ...

useful load

Aviation; Aircraft maintenance

Fuel, any other fluids that are not part of empty weight, passengers, baggage, pilot, copilot, and crewmembers. It is determined by subtracting the empty weight from the maximum allowable gross ...

vapor pressure

Aviation; Aircraft maintenance

The portion of atmospheric pressure that is exerted by the moisture in the air (expressed in tenths of an inch of mercury).

volt

Aviation; Aircraft maintenance

The basic unit of electrical potential or electromotive force. A potential of one volt appears across a resistance of one ohm when a current of one ampere flows through that resistance.