Airframe

Airframe

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

Industry: Aviation

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iso-octane

Aviation; Aircraft maintenance

A hydrocarbon, C 8 H 18 , which has very high critical pressure and temperature. Iso-octane is used as the high reference for measuring the antidetonation characteristics of a fuel.

delta airplane

Aviation; Aircraft maintenance

An airplane with a triangular-shaped wing. This wing has an extreme amount of sweepback on its leading edge, and a trailing edge that is almost perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the airplane.

nap of the fabric

Aviation; Aircraft maintenance

The ends of the fibers in a fabric. The first coat of dope on cotton or linen fabric raises the nap, and the fiber ends stick up. These ends must be carefully removed by sanding to get a smooth ...

dihedral

Aviation; Aircraft maintenance

The positive angle formed between the lateral axis of an airplane and a line that passes through the center of the wing or horizontal stabilizer. Dihedral increases the lateral stability of an ...

A plastic material made of a thermosetting phenol-formaldehyde resin, reinforced with cloth or paper. Phenolic plastic materials are used for electrical insulators and for chemical-resistant table ...

neutral flame

Aviation; Aircraft maintenance

An oxyacetylene flame produced when the ratio of oxygen and acetylene is chemically correct and there is no excess of oxygen or carbon. A neutral flame has a rounded inner cone and no feather around ...

hydraulic fuse

Aviation; Aircraft maintenance

A type of flow control valve that allows a normal flow of fluid in the system but, if the flow rate is excessive, or if too much fluid flows for normal operation, the fuse will shut off all further ...