Aviation Mechanic - General, Airframe, and Powerplant › II. Airframe › Task B. Non-Metallic Structures

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Aviation Maintenance Technician Handbook - Airframe p. 3-12
Chapter 3: Aircraft Fabric Covering › General Fabric Covering Process › Preparation for Fabric Covering Work
custom-fit presewn fabric envelope is slid into position over a fuselage for the envelope method of fabric covering. Other than fitting, most steps in the covering process are the same as with the blanket covering method. Many ... substances used in most re-covering processes are highly toxic. Proper protection must be used to avoid serious short- and long-term adverse health effects. Eye protection, a proper respirator, and skin protection are vital. As mentioned in the beginning…
Aviation Maintenance Technician Handbook - Airframe p. 3-13
Chapter 3: Aircraft Fabric Covering › General Fabric Covering Process › Preparation of the Airframe Before Covering
Figure 3-14. Rotating stands and sawhorses facilitate easy access to top and bottom surfaces during the fabric covering process. Figure 3-15. Some components of a work area for covering an aircraft with fabric. To obtain a smooth finish ... fabric-covered leading edges of aluminum wings, a sheet of felt or polyester padding may be applied before the fabric is installed. This should only be done with the material specified in the STC under which the technician is working…
Aviation Maintenance Technician Handbook - General p. 7-13
Chapter 7: Aircraft Materials, Hardware, & Processes › Aircraft Metals › Internal Structure of Metals
Heat-treating can also make a metal softer and more ductile. No one heat-treating operation can produce all these characteristics. In fact, some properties are often improved at the expense of others. In being hardened, for example, a metal ... become brittle. The various heat-treating processes are similar in that they all involve the heating and cooling of metals. They differ, however, in the temperatures to which the metal is heated, the rate at which it is cooled…
Aviation Maintenance Technician Handbook - Airframe p. 4-89
Chapter 4: Aircraft Metal Structural Repair › Basic Principles of Sheet Metal Repair › Types of Damage & Defects
metal, usually to an appreciable depth over a relatively long and narrow area, by mechanical means, as would occur with the use of a saw blade, chisel, or sharp-edged stone striking a glancing blow. • Dent—indentation in a metal ... produced by an object striking with force. The surface surrounding the indentation is usually slightly upset. • Erosion—loss of metal from the surface by mechanical action of foreign objects, such as grit or fine sand. The eroded area is rough…
Aviation Maintenance Technician Handbook - Airframe p. 4-1
Chapter 4: Aircraft Metal Structural Repair
strong can create stress risers that may cause cracks in other locations. As discussed in Chapter 3, Aircraft Fabric Covering, sheet metal aircraft construction dominates modern aviation. Generally, sheet metal made of aluminum alloys is used in airframe sections that ... serve as both the structure and outer aircraft covering, with the metal parts joined with rivets or other types of fasteners. Sheet metal is used extensively in many types of aircraft from airliners to single engine airplanes…