Airframe

Airframe

Airframe construction features, assembly and rigging, fabric covering, structural repairs, and aircraft welding.

Industry: Aviation

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stop drilling

Aviation; Aircraft maintenance

A method of stopping the growth of a crack in a piece of metal or transparent plastic by drilling a small hole at the end of the crack. The stresses are spread out all around the circumference of the ...

synchro system

Aviation; Aircraft maintenance

A remote instrument indicating system. A synchro transmitter is actuated by the device whose movement is to be measured, and it is connected electrically with wires to a synchro indicator whose ...

airspeed indicator

Aviation; Aircraft maintenance

A flight instrument that measures the pressure differential between the pitot, or ram, air pressure, and the static pressure of the air surrounding the aircraft. This differential pressure is shown ...

beehive spring

Aviation; Aircraft maintenance

A hardened-steel, coil-spring retainer used to hold a rivet set in a pneumatic rivet gun. This spring gets its name from its shape. It screws onto the end of the rivet gun and allows the set to move ...

multimeter

Aviation; Aircraft maintenance

An electrical test instrument that consists of a single current-measuring meter and all of the needed components to allow the meter to be used to measure voltage, resistance, and current. Multimeters ...

torsion rod

Aviation; Aircraft maintenance

A device in a spring tab to which the control horn is attached. For normal operation, the torsion rod acts as a fixed attachment point, but when the control surface loads are high, the torsion rod ...

ply rating

Aviation; Aircraft maintenance

The rating of an aircraft tire that indicates its relative strength. The ply rating does not indicate the actual number of plies of fabric in the tire; it indicates the number of piles of cotton ...