Aviation maintenance technician handbook : airframe. Volume 1, 2018 / U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Aviation Administration.

Intro; Volume Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Table of Contents; Chapter 1 Aircraft Structures; A Brief History of Aircraft Structures; General; Major Structural Stresses; Fixed-Wing Aircraft; Fuselage; Truss-Type; Monocoque Type; Semimonocoque Type; Pressurization; Wings; Wing Configurations; Wing Structure; Wing Spars; Wing Ribs; Wing Skin; Nacelles; Empennage; Flight Control Surfaces; Primary Flight Control Surfaces; Ailerons; Elevator; Rudder; Dual Purpose Flight Control Surfaces; Secondary or Auxiliary Control Surfaces; Flaps; Slats; Spoilers and Speed Brakes; Tabs.

Other Wing FeaturesLanding Gear; Tail Wheel Gear Configuration; Tricycle Gear Configuration; Maintaining the Aircraft; Location Numbering Systems; Access and Inspection Panels; Helicopter Structures; Airframe; Fuselage; Landing Gear or Skids; Powerplant and Transmission; Turbine Engines; Transmission; Main Rotor System; Rigid Rotor System; Semirigid Rotor System; Fully Articulated Rotor System; Antitorque System; Controls; Chapter 2 Aerodynamics, Aircraft Assembly, and Rigging; Introduction; Basic Aerodynamics; The Atmosphere; Pressure; Density; Humidity; Aerodynamics and the Laws of Physics.

Velocity and AccelerationNewton's Laws of Motion; Bernoulli's Principle and Subsonic Flow; Airfoil; Shape of the Airfoil; Angle of Incidence; Angle of Attack (AOA); Boundary Layer; Thrust and Drag; Center of Gravity (CG); The Axes of an Aircraft; Stability and Control; Static Stability; Dynamic Stability; Longitudinal Stability; Directional Stability; Lateral Stability; Dutch Roll; Primary Flight Controls; Trim Controls; Auxiliary Lift Devices; Lift Augmenting; Lift Decreasing; Winglets; Canard Wings; Wing Fences; Control Systems for Large Aircraft; Mechanical Control; Hydromechanical Control.

Fly-By-Wire ControlHigh-Speed Aerodynamics; Rotary-Wing Aircraft Assembly and Rigging; Configurations of Rotary-Wing Aircraft; Autogyro; Single Rotor Helicopter; Dual Rotor Helicopter; Types of Rotor Systems; Fully Articulated Rotor; Semirigid Rotor; Rigid Rotor; Forces Acting on the Helicopter; Torque Compensation; Gyroscopic Forces; Helicopter Flight Conditions; Hovering Flight; Translating Tendency or Drift; Ground Effect; Coriolis Effect (Law of Conservation of Angular Momentum); Vertical Flight; Forward Flight; Translational Lift; Effective Translational Lift (ETL); Dissymmetry of Lift.

AutorotationRotorcraft Controls; Swash Plate Assembly; Collective Pitch Control; Throttle Control; Governor/Correlator; Cyclic Pitch Control; Antitorque Pedals; Stabilizer Systems; Bell Stabilizer Bar System; Offset Flapping Hinge; Stability Augmentation Systems (SAS); Helicopter Vibration; Extreme Low Frequency Vibration; Low Frequency Vibration; Medium Frequency Vibration; High Frequency Vibration; Rotor Blade Tracking; Flag and Pole; Electronic Blade Tracker; Tail Rotor Tracking; Marking Method; Electronic Method; Rotor Blade Preservation and Storage; Helicopter Power Systems; Powerplant.

Includes index.

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