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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armature

Aviation; Aircraft maintenance

The rotating part of an electric generator or motor.

aspect ratio

Aviation; Aircraft maintenance

The relationship of the length (wingtip to wingtip), or span, of an airfoil to its width, or chord.

assembly drawing

Aviation; Aircraft maintenance

A description of an object made up of two or more parts.

atom

Aviation; Aircraft maintenance

The smallest particle composed of a nucleus that contains protons, neutrons, and electrons, which revolve around the nucleus.

ballast

Aviation; Aircraft maintenance

A weight installed or carried in an aircraft to move the center of gravity to a location within its allowable limits.

base

Aviation; Aircraft maintenance

In mathematics, used to refer to a particular mathematical object that is used as a building block. A base-a system is one that uses a as a new unit from which point counting starts again. (See ...