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Airframe
Airframe construction features, assembly and rigging, fabric covering, structural repairs, and aircraft welding.
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Airframe
two-terminal spot-type fire detection system
Aviation; Aircraft maintenance
A fire detection system that uses individual thermoswitches installed around the inside of the area to be protected. These thermoswitches are wired in parallel between two separate circuits. A short ...
sonic venture
Aviation; Aircraft maintenance
A venture in a line between a turbine engine or turbocharger and a pressurization system. When the air flowing through the venture reaches the speed of sound, a shock wave forms across the throat of ...
sidestick controller
Aviation; Aircraft maintenance
A flight deck flight control used on some of the fly-by-wire equipped airplanes. The stick is mounted rigidly on the side console of the flight deck, and pressures exerted on the stick by the pilot ...
wood knot
Aviation; Aircraft maintenance
A hard, usually round section of a tree branch embedded in a board. The grain of the knot is perpendicular to the grain of the board. Knots decrease the strength of the board and should be avoided ...
relay
Aviation; Aircraft maintenance
An electrical component which uses a small amount of current flowing through a coil to produce a magnetic pull to close a set of contacts through which a large amount of current can flow. The core in ...
drag wire
Aviation; Aircraft maintenance
A structural wire inside a Pratt truss airplane wing between the spars. Drag wires run from the front spar inboard, to the rear spar at the next bay outboard. Drag wires oppose the forces that try to ...
split bus
Aviation; Aircraft maintenance
A type of electrical bus that allows all of the voltage-sensitive avionic equipment to be isolated from the rest of the aircraft electrical system when the engine is being started or when the ...
