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

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Airframe

indicated airspeed (IAS)

Aviation; Aircraft maintenance

The airspeed as shown on an airspeed indicator with no corrections applied.

Kollsman window

Aviation; Aircraft maintenance

The barometric scale window of a sensitive altimeter.

American wire gauge

Aviation; Aircraft maintenance

The system of measurement of wire size used in aircraft electrical systems.

split

Aviation; Aircraft maintenance

A wood defect with longitudinal crack in a piece of wood caused by externally induced stress.

concave surface

Aviation; Aircraft maintenance

A surface that is curved inward. The outer edges are higher than the center.

convex surface

Aviation; Aircraft maintenance

A surface that is curved outward. The outer edges are lower than the center.

undamped oscillation

Aviation; Aircraft maintenance

Oscillation that continues with an unchanging amplitude once it has started.

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