Aircraft Maintenance

  ALODINE  Any repair process which breaks the surface of the original  structure  requires a  protective  treatment. The treatment acts as ...

 The compass It is a compass that allows you to measure the orientation of the plane in relation to magnetic north (magnetic heading). It co...

 The artificial horizon It restores the position of the natural horizon when it is not visible (night and cloud flight). It then becomes pos...

 The course keeper, or directional It also gives the magnetic heading and makes it possible to overcome errors of the compass due to flight ...

  What Are Composite Materials? A composite material is a combination of two materials with different  physical and  chemical properties. Wh...

Pitot-static system and instruments   Impact Pressure Chamber and Lines The pitot tube is utilized to measure the total combined pressures...

 Turboprop Engine Concept   The turboprop engine is a variant of a jet engine that has been optimized to drive a propeller. Turboprop equi...

 Digital fundamentals Logic gates   Digital fundamentals we introduce the basic building blocks of the digital logic systems found in mode...

  DC generators A simple DC motor consists of a very similar arrangement to that of the DC generator that we met earlier. magnetic field. Al...

AC torque synchro The AC torque synchro also consists of a transmitter and receiver. These are similar in form; stator and rotor  windings. ...

  Practical aircraft generating  systems Generators are a primary source of power in an aircraft and can either produce direct or alternat...

  Inverters Inverters are used to convert direct current into alternating current. The input is typically from the battery; the output can...

  Neutron Radiography Neutron radiography is a nondestructive imaging technique that is capable of visualizing the internal characteristics ...

  Strain transducers Strain is defined as the deformation of a material caused by the action of stress . Defi ned as force per unit area, ...

  A simple AC generator Being able to generate a voltage by moving a conductor through a magnetic field is extremely useful as it provides u...