Airframe: FAA A&P Mechanic topic guide
Airframe is one of the 3 areas in this course's FAA A&P Mechanic blueprint. It spans 20 concepts. The course teaches it in 4 study units: Structures: Sheet Metal & Rivets, Hydraulics, Landing Gear & Brakes, Fuel, Ice & Fire Protection and Assembly, Rigging & Flight Controls.
What Airframe covers
- What are the standard edge distance and rivet pitch rules for a riveted joint?
- What is the rule for the length of a solid rivet and the formed shop head?
- What is the difference between a 2117 rivet and a 2024 icebox rivet?
- How do you find delamination or damage in a honeycomb composite panel?
- Name the two common rivet head styles and where each is used.
- What principle do aircraft hydraulic systems rely on?
- What are the common aircraft hydraulic fluids and why must they never be mixed?
- What does an anti-skid brake system do?
- What is the purpose of a shock strut on the landing gear?
- Why do many hydraulic systems include an accumulator?
- How do continuous-loop and thermal-switch fire detection systems work?
- What extinguishing agent is commonly used in aircraft fire-protection systems?
- What is the difference between deicing and anti-icing?
- Why is bonding and grounding important during aircraft refueling?
- What is the purpose of fuel tank vents and sump drains?
- What are the primary and secondary flight controls?
- How is control-cable tension measured and set?
- How is control-surface travel checked during rigging?
- What is the purpose of control-surface balancing?
- What are dihedral and washout, and why do they matter?
In the app this area comes with 20 memory cards and 31 module-quiz questions in the full course.