10 Terms
Home > Industry/Domain > Aviation > Airframe
Airframe
Airframe construction features, assembly and rigging, fabric covering, structural repairs, and aircraft welding.
Industry: Aviation
Add a new termContributors in Airframe
Airframe
glaze ice
Aviation; Aircraft maintenance
Ice that forms when large drops of water strike a surface whose temperature is below freezing. Glaze ice is clear and heavy.
critical mach number
Aviation; Aircraft maintenance
The flight Mach number at which there is the first indication of supersonic airflow over any part of the aircraft structure.
vixen file
Aviation; Aircraft maintenance
A metal-cutting hand file that has curved teeth across its faces. Vixen files are used to remove large amounts of soft metal.
advancing blade
Aviation; Aircraft maintenance
The blade on a helicopter rotor whose tip is moving in the same direction the helicopter is moving.
bead seat area
Aviation; Aircraft maintenance
The flat surface on the inside of the rim of an aircraft wheel on which the bead of the tire seats.
hydraulic pressure manifold
Aviation; Aircraft maintenance
The portion of a fluid power system from which the selector valves receive their pressurized fluid.
latent heat
Aviation; Aircraft maintenance
Heat that is added to a material that causes a change in its state without changing its temperature.
