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Airframe
Airframe construction features, assembly and rigging, fabric covering, structural repairs, and aircraft welding.
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restrictor
Aviation; Aircraft maintenance
A fluid power system component that controls the rate of actuator movement by restricting the flow of fluid into or out of the actuator.
fluid
Aviation; Aircraft maintenance
A form of material whose molecules are able to flow past one another without destroying the material. Gases and liquids are both fluids.
square
Aviation; Aircraft maintenance
A four-sided plane figure whose sides are all the same length, whose opposite sides are parallel, and whose angles are all right angles.
check valve
Aviation; Aircraft maintenance
A hydraulic or pneumatic system component that allows full flow of fluid in one direction but blocks all flow in the opposite direction.
spike knot
Aviation; Aircraft maintenance
A knot that runs through the depth of a beam perpendicular to the annual rings. Spike knots appear most frequently in quartersawed wood.
mist coat
Aviation; Aircraft maintenance
A very light coat of zinc chromate primer. It is so thin that the metal is still visible, but the primer makes pencil marks easy to see.
true airspeed (TAS)
Aviation; Aircraft maintenance
Airspeed shown on the airspeed indicator (indicated airspeed) corrected for position error and nonstandard air temperature and pressure.
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