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Airframe
Airframe construction features, assembly and rigging, fabric covering, structural repairs, and aircraft welding.
Industry: Aviation
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controllability
Aviation; Aircraft maintenance
The characteristic of an aircraft that allows it to change its flight attitude in response to the pilot’s movement of the flight deck controls.
stagnation point
Aviation; Aircraft maintenance
The point on the leading edge of a wing at which the airflow separates, with some flowing over the top of the wing and the rest below the wing.
dope proofing
Aviation; Aircraft maintenance
The treatment of a structure to be covered with fabric to keep the solvents in the dope from softening the protective coating on the structure.
parting film
Aviation; Aircraft maintenance
A layer of thin plastic material placed between a composite lay-up and the heating blanket. It prevents the blanket from sticking to the fabric.
black box
Aviation; Aircraft maintenance
A term used for any portion of an electrical or electronic system that can be removed as a unit. A black box does not have to be a physical box.
silicone rubber
Aviation; Aircraft maintenance
An elastomeric material made from silicone elastomers. Silicone rubber is compatible with fluids that attack other natural or synthetic rubbers.
skydrol hydraulic fluid
Aviation; Aircraft maintenance
The registered trade name for a synthetic, nonflammable, phosphate ester-base hydraulic fluid used in modern high-temperature hydraulic systems.
