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Airframe

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

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Airframe

bend tangent line

Aviation; Aircraft maintenance

A line made in a sheet metal layout that indicates the point at which the bend starts.

polyvinylchloride (pvc)

Aviation; Aircraft maintenance

A thermoplastic resin used to make transparent tubing for insulating electrical wires.

rotor blade Drag

Aviation; Aircraft maintenance

Fore-and-aft movement of the tip of a helicopter rotor blade in its plane of rotation.

backhand welding

Aviation; Aircraft maintenance

Welding in which the torch is pointed away from the direction the weld is progressing.

bus

Aviation; Aircraft maintenance

A point within an electrical system from which the individual circuits get their power.

wing heavy

Aviation; Aircraft maintenance

An out-of-trim flight condition in which an airplane flies hands off, with one wing low.

closed assembly time

Aviation; Aircraft maintenance

The time elapsing between the assembly of glued joints and the application of pressure.

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