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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circumference of a circle

Aviation; Aircraft maintenance

The linear measurement of the distance around a circle. The circumference is calculated by multiplying the diameter of the circle by 3.1416.

Code of Federal Regulations (CFR)

Aviation; Aircraft maintenance

Established by law to provide for the safe and orderly conduct of flight operations and to prescribe airmen privileges and limitations.

compression ratio

Aviation; Aircraft maintenance

The ratio of the volume of a cylinder with the piston at the bottom of its stroke to the volume of the cylinder with the piston at the top of its stroke.