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Airframe
Airframe construction features, assembly and rigging, fabric covering, structural repairs, and aircraft welding.
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bleeding dope
Aviation; Aircraft maintenance
Dope whose pigments are soluble in the solvents or thinners used in the finishing system. The color will bleed up through the finished coats.
tack rag
Aviation; Aircraft maintenance
A clean, lintless rag, slightly damp with thinner. A tack rag is used to wipe a surface to prepare it to receive a coat of finishing material.
avionics
Aviation; Aircraft maintenance
The branch of technology that deals with the design, production, installation, use, and servicing of electronic equipment mounted in aircraft.
vertical fin
Aviation; Aircraft maintenance
The fixed vertical surface in the empennage of an airplane. The vertical fin acts as a weathervane to give the airplane directional stability.
contactor
Aviation; Aircraft maintenance
A remotely actuated, heavy-duty electrical switch. Contactors are used in an aircraft electrical system to connect the battery to the main bus.
joggle
Aviation; Aircraft maintenance
A small offset near the edge of a piece of sheet metal. It allows one sheet of metal to overlap another sheet while maintaining a flush surface.
delivery air duct check valve
Aviation; Aircraft maintenance
An isolation valve at the discharge side of the air turbine that prevents the loss of pressurization through a disengaged cabin air compressor.
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