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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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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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