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Aviation Maintenance Technician Handbook–Airframe

FAA-H-8083-31B Version 2023
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Index

Symbols

  • 100-hour Inspection — 2-59
  • (NACA) Method of Double Flush Riveting — 4-45

A

  • Absolute humidity — 2-2
  • AC Alternators — 9-40
  • AC Alternators Control Systems — 9-44
  • Acceleration — 2-3
  • Accelerometers — 10-31
  • Accumulators Cylindrical — 12-31
    • Operation — 12-31
    • Spherical — 12-30
  • Acetone — 8-1
  • Acetylene — 5-6
  • Acrylic Urethanes — 8-4
  • Actuators Hydraulic Motor — 12-33
    • Linear Actuators — 12-32
    • Rotary Actuators — 12-33
  • Adhesive pot life — 6-10
  • Adhesives — 7-8
  • Adjusting the Spray Pattern — 8-10
  • Adjustment of Bend Radius — 4-68
  • Aerodynamics — 2-1,2-2
  • Aileron Installation — 2-39
  • Ailerons — 1-24
  • Aileron station — 1-37
  • Air Compressors — 8-5
  • Air Conditioning Systems — 16-34
  • aircraft — 1-4
  • Aircraft Batteries — 9-20
    • Aircraft Battery Inspection — 9-25
    • Aircraft Battery Ratings by Specification — 9-22
    • Battery and Charger Characteristics — 9-24
    • Lead-Acid Batteries — 9-24
    • NiCd Batteries — 9-24
    • Battery Charging — 9-22
    • Constant Current Charging — 9-23
    • Constant Voltage Charging (CP) — 9-23
    • Battery Freezing — 9-22
    • Battery Maintenance — 9-23
    • Capacity — 9-22
    • Installation Practices — 9-25
    • Battery hold down devices — 9-27
    • Battery sump jars — 9-25
    • Battery venting — 9-25
    • External surface — 9-25
    • Installing batteries — 9-27
    • Quick-disconnect type battery — 9-27
    • Replacing lead-acid batteries — 9-25
    • Lead-Acid Batteries — 9-20
    • Storing and Servicing Facilities — 9-22
    • Temperature Correction — 9-22
    • Ventilation Systems — 9-25
  • Aircraft Brakes — 13-42
  • Aircraft Electrical Systems — 9-46
    • Large Multiengine Aircraft — 9-59
    • AC Power Systems — 9-59
    • Parallel Systems — 9-61
    • Split-Bus Power Distribution Systems — 9-60
    • Split-Parallel Systems — 9-63
    • Light Multiengine Aircraft — 9-55
    • Power Distribution on Multiengine Aircraft — 9-56
    • Small Single-Engine Aircraft — 9-46
    • AC Supply — 9-53
    • Alternator Circuit — 9-47
    • Avionics Power Circuit — 9-49
    • Battery Circuit — 9-46
    • External Power Circuit — 9-48
    • Generator Circuit — 9-47
    • Landing Gear Circuit — 9-50
    • Starter Circuit — 9-49
  • Aircraft Fuel Systems — 14-9
  • Aircraft Heaters — 16-57
  • Aircraft Inspection — 2-58
  • Aircraft Lighting Systems — 9-100
    • Exterior Lights Anticollision Lights — 9-101
    • Landing and Taxi Lights — 9-101
    • Position Lights — 9-100
    • Wing Inspection Lights — 9-103
    • Interior Lights — 9-103
    • Maintenance and Inspection of Lighting Systems.9-103 Aircraft Metal Structural Repair — 4-1
  • Aircraft Oxygen Systems — 16-3
  • Aircraft Pneumatic Systems — 12-46
  • Aircraft Pressurization Systems — 16-21
  • Aircraft Rigging — 2-38
  • aircraft structures — 1-1
  • Aircraft Tires and Tubes — 13-74
  • Aircraft Tubes — 13-87
    • Tire Inspection — 13-87
    • Tube Construction and Selection — 13-87
    • Tube Storage and Inspection — 13-87
  • Aircraft Wheels — 13-33
  • Aircraft Wood and Structural Repair — 6-1
  • Air Cycle Air Conditioning — 16-34
    • Cabin Temperature Control System Typical System Operation — 16-40
    • Component Operation — 16-36
    • Bleed Air Bypass — 16-36
    • Pack Valve — 16-36
    • Primary Heat Exchanger — 16-36
    • Refrigeration Bypass Valve — 16-39
    • Water Separator — 16-39
    • Pneumatic System Supply — 16-34
    • System Operation — 16-34
  • Airfoil — 2-3
  • airframe — 1-39
  • Air in the Brake System — 13-67
  • Airplane Assembly — 2-39
  • Airplane Assembly and Rigging — 2-36
  • Air Tools — 7-19
  • Air Traffic Control (ATC) Transponder Inspections — 2-61
  • Alcohol — 8-1
  • Alignment — 13-14
  • Alternate Pressure Application — 7-31
  • Alternating Current (AC) Introduction — 9-8
    • Definitions — 9-9
    • Cycle Defined — 9-9
    • Effective — 9-9
    • Frequency Defined — 9-10
    • Instantaneous — 9-9
    • Peak — 9-9
    • Period Defined — 9-10
    • Phase Relationships — 9-10
    • Values of AC — 9-9
    • Wavelength Defined — 9-10
  • Alternator Drive — 9-43
  • Alternator Voltage Regulators — 9-39
  • Altimeter and Static System Inspections — 2-61
  • Aluminum Alloys — 4-29
  • Aluminum Soldering — 5-20
  • Aluminum Welding — 5-17
  • Amorphous Thermoplastics — 7-7
  • Amphibious aircraft — 1-35
  • Amplifiers — 11-20
    • Common-Collector Amplifier — 11-21
    • Common-Emitter Amplifier — 11-20
  • and Fittings — 16-19
  • and Retraction — 13-14
  • Angle Adapters — 4-16
  • Angle of Attack — 2-5
  • Angle of Incidence — 2-5
  • Annual and 100-Hour Inspections — 2-62
  • Annual Inspection — 2-59
  • Antennas — 11-36
    • Length — 11-37
    • Types Loop Antenna — 11-40
    • Marconi Antenna — 11-39
  • Anti-Chafe Tape — 3-4
  • anti-ice Common-Base Amplifier — 11-21
  • Antiservo tabs — 1-33
  • Anti-Skid — 13-60
    • Anti-Skid Control Valves — 13-63
    • Anti-Skid System Maintenance — 13-66
    • Control Unit — 13-66
    • Control Valve — 13-66
    • Wheel Speed Sensor — 13-66
    • Anti-Skid System Tests — 13-65
    • Ground Test — 13-65
    • In-Flight Test — 13-66
    • Control Units — 13-61
    • System Operation — 13-60
    • Touchdown and Lock Wheel Protection — 13-64
    • Wheel Speed Sensors — 13-61
  • Antitorque Pedals — 2-29
  • Antitorque System — 1-44
  • Application of Cement — 7-56
  • Applying the Finish — 8-11
  • Applying the Glue/Adhesive — 6-11
  • Approval of New Avionics Equipment Installations.11-70 Approval of Repair — 4-92
  • Aramid (Kevlar®) fiber-reinforced plastics — 7-52
  • Arc Welding Procedures — 5-24
  • Argon — 5-6
  • Aromatic Fuels — 14-4
  • Assessment of Damage — 4-91
  • Atmosphere — 2-1
  • Atmospheric pressur — 2-1
  • Atmospheric pressure — 2-1
  • Audible Sonic Testing (Coin Tapping) — 7-15
  • Autoclave — 7-22
  • Autogyro — 2-16
  • Automated Tap Test — 7-15
  • Automatic Center Punch — 4-5
  • Automatic Flight Control System (AFCS) — 10-63
  • Autopilot Components — 10-60
    • Autopilot Functions — 10-62
    • Command Elements — 10-60
    • Computer and Amplifier — 10-60
    • Feedback or Followup Element — 10-61
    • Sensing Elements — 10-60
    • Yaw Dampening — 10-63
  • Autopilot Systems — 10-58
  • Autorotation — 2-26
  • Auxiliary Control Surfaces — 1-26
  • Auxiliary Lift Devices — 2-11
  • Aviation Fuel — 14-3
  • Avionics in Aviation Maintenance — 11-1
    • History of Avionics — 11-1
  • Axes of an Aircraft — 2-8

B

  • Balance panels — 1-31
  • Balance tabs — 2-11
  • Balsa Wood — 7-12
  • Band Saw — 4-10
  • Bar Folding Machine — 4-21
  • Base measurement — 4-58
  • Basic Analog Circuits — 11-18
  • Basic Fuel System Requirements — 14-1
  • Basic Hydraulic Systems — 12-5
    • Closed-Center Hydraulic Systems — 12-6
    • Open Center Hydraulic Systems — 12-5
  • Bead Weld — 5-27
  • Bearing — 4-3
  • Bell Stabilizer Bar System — 2-29
  • Belt Drive Clutch — 2-35
  • Bend allowance (BA) — 4-58
  • Bending — 4-3,1-6
  • Bending a U-Channel — 4-61
  • Bend radius — 4-58
  • Bend tangent line (BL) — 4-59
  • Benzene — 8-1
  • Bernoulli’s Principle — 2-3
  • Bias — 3-2
  • Bidirectional (Fabric) — 7-3
  • Biplane Assembly and Rigging — 2-55
  • Bismaleimides (BMI) — 7-7
  • Bladder Fuel Tanks — 14-21
  • Blanket Method — 3-11
  • Bleed Air Systems — 16-57
  • Bleeder Ply — 7-19
  • Bleeding Master Cylinder Brake Systems — 13-67
  • Bleeding Power Brake Systems — 13-69
    • Fluid Quantity and Type — 13-69
    • Inspection for Leaks — 13-69
    • Proper Bolt Torque — 13-70
  • Bleeding Shock Struts — 13-14
  • Bleedout Technique — 7-28
  • Bleriot, Louis — 1-1
  • Blind Bolts — 4-53,7-48
  • Blind Fasteners — 7-47
  • Blind Fasteners (Nonstructural) — 4-56
  • Blind Rivets — 4-47
  • Blushing — 8-13
  • Boeing 737 Next Generation Hydraulic System — 12-37
    • Filter Units — 12-39
    • Indications — 12-41
    • Landing Gear Transfer Unit — 12-41
    • Power Transfer Unit (PTU) — 12-39
    • Pumps — 12-39
    • Reservoirs — 12-37
    • Standby Hydraulic System — 12-41
  • Boeing 777 Hydraulic System — 12-41
    • Center Hydraulic System — 12-44
    • Center Hydraulic Isolation System (CHIS) — 12-45
    • Central Hydraulic System Reset — 12-46
    • Filter — 12-44
    • Nose Gear Isolation Valve — 12-46
    • Reservoir — 12-44
    • Left and Right System Description Filter Module — 12-43
    • Indication — 12-43
    • Pumps — 12-43
    • Reservoir — 12-43
  • Bolt and Bushing Holes — 6-18
  • Bolted Repairs — 7-43
  • Bonded Flush Patch Repairs — 7-38
  • Bonding — 11-73
  • Boron — 7-5
  • Boundary Layer — 2-6
  • Box and Pan Brake (Finger Brake) — 4-22
  • box beam — 1-12
  • Box beam — 1-11
  • Brake Actuating Systems — 13-50
    • Boosted Brakes — 13-54
    • Independent Master Cylinders — 13-51
    • Power Brakes — 13-55
    • Brake Control Valve/Brake Metering Valve — 13-56
  • Brake Malfunctions and Damage — 13-72
    • Chattering or Squealing — 13-73
    • Overheating — 13-72
  • Brazing and Soldering — 5-19
  • Breather Material — 7-21
  • Brinelling — 4-89
  • Brushing — 8-4
  • Bucking Bar — 4-35
  • Bumping — 4-58
  • Burnishing — 4-89
  • Burr — 4-89
  • Burring Tool — 4-14
  • Butt Joints — 5-29
  • Buttock line — 1-37

C

  • Cable Connectors — 2-44
  • Cable construction — 2-39
  • Cable designations — 2-39
  • Cable Drums — 2-46
  • Cable Guides — 2-41
  • Cable Inspection — 2-41
  • Cable System Installation — 2-41
  • Cable Systems — 2-39
  • Cable Tension — 2-43,2-50
  • cantilever design — 1-10
  • Carbon Brakes — 13-49
  • Carbon fiber reinforced plastics — 7-52
  • Carbon/Graphite — 7-5
  • Carbon Monoxide Detectors — 17-8
  • Carburizing Flame — 5-12
  • Cargo and Baggage Compartment Fire Detection and Extinguisher System — 17-14
    • Cargo Compartment Extinguishing System — 17-15
    • Smoke Detector System — 17-15
  • Cargo Compartment Classification — 17-13
  • Cargo Fire Detection — 17-13
  • catalysts — 3-7
  • Caul — 6-10
  • Cayley, George — 1-1
  • C-Clamps — 4-28,7-31
  • Cementing — 7-55
  • Center Punch — 4-5
  • Centrifugal Clutch — 2-35
  • Ceramic Fibers — 7-5
  • Chanute, Octave — 1-1
  • Characteristics of a Good Weld — 5-15
  • Chassis Punch — 4-6
  • Chattering — 4-89
  • Checking Dihedral — 2-48
  • Checking Engine Alignment — 2-49
  • Checking Fin Verticality — 2-48
  • Checking for Fuel System Contaminants — 14-49
    • Detection of Contaminants — 14-52
    • Foreign Fuel Contamination — 14-51
    • Fuel Contamination Control — 14-54
    • Microorganisms — 14-51
    • Solid Particle Contaminants — 14-50
  • Checking Incidence — 2-48
  • Check Valves and Flashback Arrestors — 5-7
  • Chemical Anti-Icing — 15-9
  • Chemical or Solid Oxygen — 16-4
  • Chemical Oxygen Systems — 16-15
  • Chemical Rain Repellant — 15-26
    • Windshield Surface Seal Coating — 15-27
  • Chemical Stability — 12-1
  • Chemical Stripping — 8-20
  • CherryBUCK® 95 KSI One-Piece Shear Pin — 4-51
  • CherryMAX® Bulbed blind rivet — 4-47
  • Cherry Maxibolt® Blind Bolt System — 4-53
  • Cherry’s E-Z Buck® (CSR90433) Hollow Rivet — 7-47
  • Chip Chasers — 4-20
  • Chrome Molybdenum — 5-16
  • Circular-Cutting Saws — 4-7
  • Clamps and Vises — 4-28
  • Classes of Fires — 17-1
  • Classification of Damage — 4-90
  • Cleaning — 7-56
  • Close contact adhesive — 6-10
  • Closed angle — 4-59
  • Closed assembly time — 6-10
  • Closed End Bend (More Than 90°) — 4-73
  • Clutch — 2-34
  • Coaxial Cable — 9-95
  • Cobalt Alloy Drill Bits — 4-17
  • Co-bonding — 7-28
  • Co-curing — 7-27
  • Collective Pitch — 2-27
  • Combinations of Damages — 7-13
  • Combination Square — 4-3
  • Combustion Heaters — 16-59
    • Controls — 16-60
    • Ignition System — 16-60
    • Maintenance and Inspection — 16-61
    • Safety Features — 16-61
    • Ventilating Air System — 16-59
  • Common Paint Troubles — 8-12
  • Common Spray Gun Problems — 8-12
  • Composite Honeycomb Sandwich Repairs — 7-33
  • Composite Repairs — 7-19
  • Composition of the Atmosphere — 16-1
  • Compound Curve Forming — 7-54
  • Compression — 4-2,1-6
  • Compression Riveting — 4-38
  • Concave Surfaces — 4-78
  • Conduit — 9-82
    • Flexible Conduit — 9-82
    • Rigid Conduit — 9-82
  • Connecting Torch — 5-10
  • Connectors Adjacent Locations — 9-94
    • Drainage — 9-95
    • Spare Contacts for Future Wiring — 9-94
    • Voltage and Current Rating — 9-94
    • Wire Installation Into the Connector — 9-94
    • Wire Support — 9-95
  • Considerations — 11-71
  • Construction and Installation of Deice Boots — 15-18
  • Continuous Airworthiness Maintenance Program (CAMP) 2-65
  • Continuous-Loop Systems — 17-3
  • Control — 2-8
  • Control of Cabin Pressure — 16-27
    • Air Distribution — 16-33
    • Cabin Air Pressure Regulator and Outflow Valve.16-30 Cabin Air Pressure Safety Valve Operation — 16-31
    • Cabin Pressure Controller — 16-29
    • Cabin Pressurization Troubleshooting — 16-34
    • Pressurization Gauges — 16-32
    • Pressurization Modes — 16-27
  • Control Operating Systems — 2-39
  • Controls — 1-45
  • Control Surface Travel — 2-50
  • Convex Surfaces — 4-78
  • Cooling and Moisture — 11-71
  • Coriolis Effect — 2-21
  • Corner Joints — 5-30
  • Cornice Brake — 4-21
  • Correct Forming of a Weld — 5-15
  • Corrosion — 4-89,7-15
  • Corrosion Precautions — 7-45
  • Corrosion Treatment — 4-92
  • Corrugated Skin Repair — 4-97
  • Cotton Covered Aircraft — 3-24
  • Count — 3-2
  • Countersinking — 4-40,7-51
  • Countersinking Tool — 4-36
  • Countersinking Tools — 4-41
  • Countersunk Rivets — 4-40
  • Covering Processes — 3-8
  • Cowling — 1-18
  • Crack — 4-89
  • Crimping — 4-58
  • Cross coat — 3-2
  • Curing of Composite Materials — 7-31
  • Curing Stages of Resins — 7-7
  • Current — 9-2
    • Conventional Current Theory and Electron Theory — 9-3
  • Current Limiting Devices — 9-98
    • Circuit Breakers — 9-99
    • Fuses — 9-99
  • Curved Flanged Parts — 4-76
  • Cut — 4-89
  • Cutting Equipment — 7-52
  • Cutting Processes and Precautions — 7-52
  • Cutting Tools — 4-7
  • Cutting Torch — 5-8
  • Cyclic Pitch — 2-28

D

  • Damage Necessitating Replacement of Parts — 4-90
  • Damage Removal — 4-92
  • Damage Repairable by Insertion — 4-90
  • Damage Repairable by Patching — 4-90
  • Damage Requiring Core Replacement and Repair to One or Both Faceplates — 7-35
  • DC Generators — 9-30
    • Compound Wound DC Generators — 9-31
    • DC Generator Maintenance — 9-32
    • Generator Ratings — 9-31
    • Parallel (Shunt) Wound DC Generators — 9-31
    • Series Wound DC Generators — 9-31
  • DC Generators and Controls — 9-27
    • Construction Features of DC Generators Armature — 9-29
    • Field Frame — 9-28
    • Generators — 9-27
  • Decals — 8-17
  • Defueling — 14-56
  • De Havilland Mosquito — 1-3
  • Deice Boot Maintenance — 15-21
  • Deice System for Turboprop Aircraft — 15-13
  • Deicing and Anti-icing of Transport Type Aircraft — 15-24
    • Critical Surfaces — 15-24
    • Deicing Fluid — 15-24
    • Holdover Time (HOT) — 15-24
  • Deicing System Components Control Valve — 15-16
    • Deflate Valve — 15-16
    • Distributor Valve — 15-16
    • Dry-Type Engine-Driven Air Pump — 15-16
    • Inlet Filter — 15-18
    • Manifold Assembly — 15-18
    • Oil Separator — 15-16
    • Regulators and Relief Valves — 15-17
    • Timer/Control Unit — 15-17
    • Wet-Type Engine-Driven Air Pump — 15-16
  • Delamination and Debonds — 7-13
  • Density — 2-2
  • Dent — 4-89
  • Dents at a Cluster Weld — 5-31
  • Dents Between Clusters — 5-31
  • Description — 4-30
  • Design of a Patch for a Nonpressurized Area — 4-97
  • Detonation — 14-4
  • Die Grinder — 4-13
  • Different Flames — 5-12
  • Digital Aircraft Systems — 11-27
  • Digital Building Blocks — 11-25
    • AND Gate — 11-26
    • Buffer Gate — 11-25
    • EXCLUSIVE OR Gate — 11-26
    • NAND Gate — 11-27
    • Negative Logic Gates — 11-28
    • NOR Gate — 11-27
    • NOT Gate — 11-25
    • OR Gate — 11-26
  • Digital Electronics — 11-24
  • Digital Tuners and Audio Panels — 11-28
  • Dimpling — 4-41
  • Dimpling Dies — 4-36
  • Dimpling Inspection — 4-43
  • Diodes — 11-4
  • Dipping — 8-4
  • Directional Stability — 2-10
  • Direction Indicating Instruments — 10-41
  • Disc Sander — 4-11
  • Display of Marks — 8-16
  • Display of Nationality and Registration Marks — 8-16
  • Dividers — 4-4
  • Dollies and Stakes — 4-27
  • Dope — 8-3
  • Double spread — 6-10
  • Double Vacuum Debulk Principle — 7-41
  • Downdraft Tables — 7-53
  • Drag — 2-6,2-7
  • Drill Bit Sizes — 4-17
  • Drill Bushing Holder Types — 4-19
  • Drill Extensions and Adapters — 4-15
  • Drilling — 4-39,7-49,7-55
  • Drilling Large Holes — 4-20
  • Drill Lubrication — 4-17
  • Drill Press — 4-15
  • Drill Stops — 4-17
  • Drive Nut-Type of Blind Bolt — 4-54
  • Drive Punch — 4-6
  • Driving the Rivet — 4-40
  • Drop Hammer — 4-24
  • Dry Fiber Material — 7-8
  • Dry Powders — 17-10
  • Dual-Disc Brakes — 13-46
  • Dual Purpose Flight Control Surfaces — 1-26
  • Dual Rotor Helicopter — 2-17
  • Dutch Roll — 2-10
  • Dynamic Balance — 2-36
  • Dynamic Stability — 2-10

E

  • Eddie-Bolt® Fasteners — 7-46
  • Edge Distance — 4-33
  • Edge Joints — 5-30
  • Edges of the Panel — 4-99
  • Effective Translational Lift (ETL) — 2-23
  • Electrically Driven Gyroscopic Instrument Systems.10-51 Electrical Temperature Measuring Indication — 10-35
    • Electrical Resistance Thermometer — 10-36
    • Ratiometer Electrical Resistance Thermometers — 10-36
  • Electric Arc Welding — 5-1
  • Electric Deice Boots — 15-22
  • Electric Heating Systems — 16-58
  • Electromagnetic Generation of Power — 9-4
  • Electromotive Force (Voltage) — 9-3
  • Electron Control Valves — 11-4
  • Electronic Blade Tracker — 2-30
  • Electronic Flight Information Systems — 10-67
    • Electronic Centralized Aircraft Monitor (ECAM).10-68 Electronic Flight Instrument System (EFIS) — 10-68
  • Electronic Instruments — 10-64
    • Electronic Attitude Director Indicator (EADI) — 10-64
    • Electronic Horizontal Situation Indicators (EHSI) 10-66 Electronic Method — 2-32
  • Electronic Oscillation — 11-23
  • Elevated Temperature Curing — 7-32
  • Elevator — 1-25
  • Emergency Backup Systems — 12-49
    • Dump Valve — 12-50
    • Emergency Extension Sequence: — 12-50
    • Gear Emergency Extension Cable and Handle — 12-50
    • Nitrogen Bottles — 12-50
  • Emergency Brake Systems — 13-58
    • Brake Deboosters — 13-59
    • Parking Brake — 13-58
  • Emergency Extension Systems — 13-21
  • Empennage — 1-19
  • Empennage Installation — 2-39
  • Engine Instruments — 10-3
  • Engine Mount Repairs — 5-35
  • Engine mounts — 1-18
  • Envelope Bagging — 7-31
  • Envelope Method — 3-11
  • Epoxy — 8-3,7-6
  • Equal Pressure Torch — 5-8
  • Equipment — 7-50
  • Equipment Setup — 5-10
  • Erosion — 4-89
  • Evaluating the Rivet — 4-43
  • Evolution of Hydraulic Systems — 12-7
  • Exhaust Shroud Heaters — 16-58
  • Expander Tube Brakes — 13-49
  • Expansion and Contraction of Metals — 5-28
  • Extension Drill Bits — 4-16
  • External and Internal Inspection — 6-2
  • External Bonded Patch Repairs — 7-41
  • External Bonded Repair With Prepreg Plies — 7-41
  • External Repair Using Precured Laminate Patches — 7-42
  • External Repair Using Wet Layup and Double Vacuum Debulk Method (DVD) — 7-41
  • Extinguishing Agents and Portable Fire Extinguishers17-9 Eye Protection — 7-53

F

  • Fabric Cement — 3-6,3-16
  • Fabric Heat Shrinking — 3-17
  • Fabric Impregnation Using a Vacuum Bag — 7-30
  • Fabric Impregnation With a Brush or Squeegee — 7-30
  • Fabric patch — 6-19
  • Fabric Sealer — 3-6
  • Fabric Strength — 3-8
  • Fabric Testing Devices — 3-10
  • Fastener Materials — 7-45
  • Fasteners Used with Composite Laminates — 7-45
  • Fastener System for Sandwich Honeycomb Structures (SPS Technologies Comp Tite) — 7-45
  • Fenestron® — 1-44
  • Fenwal System — 17-3
  • Fiber Breakage — 7-13
  • Fiber Forms — 7-2
  • Fiberglass — 7-5
  • Fiberglass Coverings — 3-24
  • Fiberglass Molded Mat Repairs — 7-40
  • Fiberlite — 7-49
  • Fiber Orientation — 7-1
  • Field Effect Transistors (FET) — 11-15
  • Files — 4-13
  • Filler Rod — 5-9
  • Fillers — 3-6
  • Fillet Weld — 5-27
  • Filling LOX Systems — 16-19
  • Film Adhesives — 7-8
  • Filters — 12-12
    • Filter Bypass Valve — 12-14
    • Filter Differential Pressure Indicators — 12-14
    • Maintenance of Filters — 12-13
    • Micron-Type Filters — 12-13
  • Finishing Tapes — 3-20
  • Fire Detection/Overheat Systems — 17-2
  • Fire Detection System Maintenance — 17-17
  • Fire Detection System Troubleshooting — 17-18
  • Fire Extinguisher System Maintenance — 17-19
    • Agent Containers — 17-20
    • Container Pressure Check — 17-19
    • Discharge Cartridges — 17-19
  • Fire Hazards When Fueling or Defueling — 14-57
  • Fire Point — 12-2
  • Fire Prevention — 17-20
  • Fire Protection — 7-53
  • Fire Zones — 17-7
  • Fisheyes — 8-14
  • Fixed and Retractable Landing Gear — 13-4
  • fixed-wing aircraft — 1-5
  • Flag and Pole — 2-30
  • Flame Detectors — 17-8
  • Flange — 4-58
  • Flanged Angles — 4-75
  • Flap Installation — 2-39
  • Flapping — 1-42
  • Flaps — 1-26
  • Flap station — 1-37
  • Flash Point — 12-2
  • Flat — 4-59
  • Flat Position Welding — 5-27
  • Flawed Fastener Holes — 7-13
  • Flight Control Surfaces — 1-21
  • Flight Director Systems — 10-64
  • Flight Instruments — 10-2
  • Flight Management System (FMS) — 10-72
  • Floats — 4-97
  • Flow Between Interconnected Tanks — 14-2
  • Flush Patch — 4-96
  • Flutter and Vibration Precautions — 4-87
  • Fly-By-Wire Contro — 2-14
  • Foaming Adhesives — 7-10
  • Folding a Box — 4-71
  • Folding Sheet Metal — 4-58
  • Form Block or Die — 4-78
  • Formed or Extruded Angles — 4-74
  • Former or Bulkhead Repair — 4-102
  • Forming by Bumping — 4-78
  • Forming Methods — 7-54
  • Forming Procedures and Techniques — 7-54
  • Forming Process — 4-56
  • Forming Tools — 4-20
  • Forming With an English Wheel — 4-25
  • Forms — 7-54
  • Formula 1: Bend Allowance for a 90° Bend — 4-63
  • Formula 2: Bend Allowance for a 90° Bend — 4-64
  • Forward Flight — 2-22
  • Fowler flaps — 1-27
  • Freewheeling Unit — 2-35
  • Fresh Air Breathing Systems — 8-8
  • Friction-Locked Blind Rivets — 4-47
  • Frost Removal — 15-24
  • Fuel Filters — 14-32
  • Fuel Heaters and Ice Prevention — 14-35
  • Fuel Identification — 14-6
  • Fueling — 14-55
  • Fueling and Defueling Procedures — 14-55
  • Fuel Lines and Fittings — 14-23
  • Fuel Pumps — 14-27
    • Centrifugal Boost Pumps — 14-28
    • Ejector Pumps — 14-29
    • Hand-Operated Fuel Pumps — 14-27
    • Pulsating Electric Pumps — 14-30
    • Vane-Type Fuel Pumps — 14-31
  • Fuel System Components — 14-18
  • Fuel System Independence — 14-1
  • Fuel System Indicators — 14-36
    • Fuel Flowmeters — 14-39
    • Fuel Pressure Gauges — 14-43
    • Fuel Quantity Indicating Systems — 14-36
    • Fuel Temperature Gauges — 14-43
    • Pressure Warning Signal — 14-44
  • Fuel System Lightning Protection — 14-1
  • Fuel System Repair — 14-45
  • Fuel System Servicing — 14-49
  • Fuel Tank Installation — 14-3
  • Fuel Tank Repair — 14-46
    • Bladder Tanks — 14-47
    • Fire Safety — 14-48
    • Integral Tanks — 14-47
    • Riveted Tanks — 14-47
    • Soldered Tanks — 14-47
    • Welded Tanks — 14-46
  • Fuel Tanks — 14-2
  • Fuel Tank Tests — 14-3
  • Fuel Valves — 14-24
    • Cone Valves — 14-25
    • Hand-Operated Valves — 14-25
    • Manually-Operated Gate Valves — 14-26
    • Motor-Operated Valves — 14-26
    • Poppet Valves — 14-26
    • Solenoid-Operated Valves — 14-27
  • Fully Articulated Rotor — 2-17
  • Fully Articulated Rotor System — 1-42
  • Fundamentals of Electronics — 11-3
    • Analog Electronics — 11-4
    • Analog Versus Digital Electronics — 11-3
  • Fungicide — 3-7
  • fuselage — 1-7
  • Fuselage — 1-40
  • Fuselage stations — 1-37

G

  • Galling — 4-89
  • Gap-filling adhesive — 6-10
  • gap seals — 1-33
  • Gas Cylinders — 5-10
  • Gaseous Oxygen — 16-3
  • Gaseous Oxygen Systems — 16-5
    • Continuous-Flow Systems — 16-7
    • Demand-Flow Systems — 16-9
    • Flow Indicators — 16-10
    • Oxygen Plumbing and Valves — 16-14
    • Oxygen Storage Cylinders — 16-6
    • Oxygen Systems and Regulators — 16-7
  • Gas Metal Arc Welding — 5-2,5-21
  • Gas Tungsten Arc Welding — 5-4
  • Gas Welding — 5-1
  • Gas Welding and Cutting Equipment — 5-6
  • Gas Welding Procedures — 5-14
  • Generator Controls — 9-33
    • Functions of Generator Control Systems — 9-33
    • Differential Voltage — 9-34
    • Overexcitation Protection — 9-34
    • Overvoltage Protection — 9-34
    • Parallel Generator Operations — 9-34
    • Reverse Current Sensing — 9-34
    • Voltage Regulation — 9-33
    • Generator Controls for High Output Generators — 9-34
    • Generator Controls for Low-Output Generators — 9-34
    • Carbon Pile Regulators — 9-35
    • Current Limiter — 9-36
    • Reverse-Current Relay — 9-36
    • Three-Unit Regulators — 9-35
    • Voltage Regulator — 9-35
    • Theory of Generator Control — 9-33
  • Glass fiber reinforced plastics — 7-52
  • Glued Joint Inspection — 6-3
  • Glue line — 6-10
  • Glues (Adhesives) — 6-9
  • Gouge — 4-89
  • Governor — 2-28
  • Gravity — 2-6
  • Gravity-Feed Gun — 8-7
  • Gray Enamel Undercoat — 8-3
  • Greige — 3-2
  • Grinding Wheels — 4-12
  • Grommets — 3-6,3-19
  • Groove Weld — 5-27
  • Ground Deicing of Aircraft — 15-23
  • Ground Effect — 2-21
  • Gussets — 3-19
  • Gyroscopic Forces — 2-19
  • Gyroscopic Instruments — 10-51
    • Electric Attitude Indicators — 10-55
    • Gyroscopic Direction Indicator or Directional Gyro (DG) — 10-56
    • Mechanical Gyros — 10-51
    • Solid State Gyros and Related Systems — 10-52
    • Other Attitude and Directional Systems — 10-54
    • Ring Laser Gyros (RLG) — 10-52
    • Turn-and-Slip Indicator — 10-57
    • Turn Coordinators — 10-56
    • Vacuum-Driven Attitude Gyros — 10-54

H

  • Halogenated Hydrocarbons — 17-9
  • Hand Cutting Tools — 4-12
  • Hand Forming — 4-73
  • Handling of the Torch — 5-13
  • Hand-Operated Shrinker and Stretcher — 4-27
  • Hand Rivet Set — 4-36
  • Hand Tools — 4-35,7-19
  • Hardwood Form Blocks — 4-27
  • Heat Blanket — 7-23
  • Heat Bonder — 7-23
  • Heat Exchangers — 12-31
  • Heating — 7-54
  • Heat Lamp — 7-23
  • Heat Press Forming — 7-24
  • Heat Sources — 7-22
  • Helicopter Fuel Systems — 14-16
  • Helicopter Power Systems — 2-33
  • Helicopter Structures — 1-39
  • Helicopter Vibration — 2-30
  • Helium — 5-6
  • Hex Nut and Wing Nut Temporary Sheet Fasteners — 4-29
  • High Frequency Vibration — 2-30
  • High-Pressure Systems — 12-47
  • High rush-in circuits — 9-97
  • High-Speed Aerodynamics — 2-14
  • Hi-Lite® Fastening System — 4-51
  • Hi-Lok® and Huck-Spin® Lockbolt Fasteners — 7-45
  • Hi-Lok® Fastening System — 4-50
  • Hi-Tigue® Fastening System — 4-50
  • Hole Drilling — 4-14
  • Hole Duplicator — 4-7
  • Hole Preparation — 4-39,4-55
  • Hole Transfer — 4-39
  • Honeycomb — 7-11
  • horizontal stabilizer stations — 1-38
  • Hoses — 5-10
  • Hot Air System — 7-24
  • Hot Dimpling — 4-42
  • Hovering Flight — 2-19
  • Huck Blind Bolt System — 4-53
  • Human Respiration and Circulation — 16-1
    • Carbon Monoxide Poisoning — 16-2
    • Oxygen and Hypoxia — 16-1
  • Humidity — 2-2
  • Hydraulic Fluids — 12-1
    • Hydraulic Fluid Contamination — 12-3
    • Contamination Check — 12-3
    • Hydraulic Sampling Schedule — 12-4
    • Sampling Procedure — 12-4
    • Contamination Control — 12-4
    • Hydraulic System Flushing — 12-5
    • Intermixing of Fluids — 12-3
    • Mineral-Based Fluids — 12-2
    • Phosphate Ester-Based Fluid (Skydrol®) — 12-3
    • Polyalphaolefin-Based Fluids — 12-2
  • Hydraulic Motor-Driven Generator (HMDG) — 12-34
  • Hydraulic Power Pack System — 12-7
  • Hydraulic Power Systems — 12-7
  • Hydraulic System Components — 12-7
    • Reservoirs — 12-7
    • Air-Pressurized Reservoirs — 12-9
    • Fluid-Pressurized Reservoirs — 12-11
    • Nonpressurized Reservoirs — 12-8
    • Pressurized Reservoirs — 12-9
    • Reservoir Servicing — 12-11
  • Hydrogen — 5-7
  • Hydromechanical Control — 2-13
  • Hydropress Forming — 4-25

I

  • Ice and Snow Removal — 15-25
  • Ice Control Systems — 15-1
  • Ice Detector System — 15-3
  • Ice Prevention — 15-3
  • Icing Effects — 15-1
  • Impedance — 9-14
  • Inclusion — 4-89
  • Inductive circuits — 9-97
  • Inert Cold Gases — 17-9
  • Inertial Navigation System (INS)/Inertial Reference System (IRS) — 11-69
  • Injector Torch — 5-8
  • Inspection — 4-50
  • Inspection for Corrosion — 4-92
  • Inspection, Maintenance, and Troubleshooting of Rubber Deicer Boot Systems — 15-20
    • Adjustments — 15-20
    • Inspection — 15-21
    • Operational Checks — 15-20
    • Troubleshooting — 15-20
  • Inspection of Damage — 4-88
  • Inspection of Masks and Hoses — 16-19
  • Inspection of Riveted Joints — 4-91
  • Inspection Openings — 4-108
  • Inspection Rings — 3-6
  • Installation of Communication and Navigation Equipment 11-71
  • Installation of High-Shear Fasteners — 4-49
  • Installation of Rivets — 4-32
  • Installation Procedure — 4-52
  • Installation Procedures — 7-57
  • Installed Fire Extinguishing Systems — 17-11
    • CO2 Fire Extinguishing Systems — 17-11
    • Containers — 17-11
    • Fire Switch — 17-13
    • Halogenated Hydrocarbons Fire Extinguishing Systems 17-11
    • Pressure Indication — 17-11
    • Two-Way Check Valve — 17-12
  • Instrument Housings and Handling — 10-76
  • Instrument Installations and Markings — 10-77
    • Instrument Mounting — 10-79
    • Instrument Panels — 10-77
    • Instrument Power Requirements — 10-79
    • Instrument Range Markings — 10-79
  • Integral Fuel Tanks — 14-21