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Aviation Maintenance Technician Handbook–Airframe

FAA-H-8083-31B Version 2023
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Index

J

  • Jet Transport Aircraft Fuel Systems — 14-13
  • Joggling — 4-80
  • Junkers, Hugo — 1-2

K

  • Keeping Weight to a Minimum — 4-86
  • Kett Saw — 4-7
  • Kevlar® — 7-5
  • Kidde System — 17-3
    • Automatic Self-Interrogation — 17-5
    • Combination Fire and Overheat Warning — 17-4
    • Dual-Loop Systems — 17-5
    • Fault Indication — 17-5
    • Fire Detection Control Unit (Fire Detection Card)..17-6 Sensing Element — 17-4
    • Support Tube Mounted Sensing Elements — 17-5
    • System Test — 17-5
    • Temperature Trend Indication — 17-5

L

  • Lacquers — 8-4
  • Laminated Structures — 7-1
  • landing gear — 1-33
  • Landing gear — 1-34
  • Landing Gear Arrangement — 13-2
    • Tail Wheel-Type Landing Gear — 13-2
    • Tricycle-Type Landing Gear — 13-3
  • Landing Gear Repairs — 5-33
  • Landing Gear Rigging and Adjustment — 13-26
    • Drag and Side Brace Adjustment — 13-27
    • Landing Gear Retraction Test — 13-28
  • Landing Gear Safety Devices — 13-22
    • Ground Locks — 13-22
    • Landing Gear Position Indicators — 13-23
  • Landing Gear System Maintenance — 13-24
  • Landing Gear Types — 13-1
  • Lap Joints — 5-30
  • Lap Joint Weld — 5-28
  • Lap or Scab Patch — 4-93
  • Large Aircraft Hydraulic Systems — 12-37
  • Large Aircraft Retraction Systems — 13-20
  • Large Coating Containers — 8-6
  • Large Reciprocating-Engine Aircraft Fuel Systems..14-12 Lateral Stability — 2-10
  • Lavatory Smoke Detectors — 17-16
  • Lavatory Smoke Detector System — 17-16
  • Layout Method — 4-72
  • Layout or Flat Pattern Development — 4-59
  • Layout Tools — 4-3
  • Layup Materials — 7-19
  • Layup Process (Typical Laminated Wet Layup) — 7-28
  • Layups — 7-25
  • Layup Tapes — 7-21
  • Layup Techniques — 7-28
  • Leading Edge Slat Anti-Ice System — 15-5
    • WAI Control System — 15-6
    • WAI Ducts — 15-5
    • WAI Indication System — 15-8
    • WAI Pressure Sensor — 15-5
    • WAI Valve — 15-5
  • Leg — 4-58
  • Lift — 2-6
  • Light Emitting Diodes — 11-17
  • Lightening Holes — 4-81
  • Lighting and Adjusting the Torch — 5-12
  • Lightning Protection Fibers — 7-5
  • Lilienthal, Otto — 1-1
  • Linseed Oil — 8-2
  • Liquid Oxygen — 16-4
  • Loading Information onto a Radio Wave — 11-31
    • Amplitude Modulation (AM) — 11-31
    • Single Side Band (SSB) — 11-33
  • Location and Placement of Marks — 8-17
  • Lockbolt Fastening Systems — 4-51
  • Lockbolt Inspection — 4-52
  • Lockbolt Removal — 4-52
  • Longeron Repair — 4-103
  • Longitudinal Stability — 2-10
  • Low-Pressure Systems — 12-51

M

  • Machining Processes and Equipment — 7-49
  • Magnesium Welding — 5-18
  • Magnetic Compass — 10-41
  • Main Rotor System — 1-42
  • Main Rotor Transmission — 2-34
  • Maintaining Original Contour — 4-86
  • Maintaining Original Strength — 4-86
  • Maintenance — 1-36
  • Maintenance Manual — 2-38
  • Maintenance of Instruments and Instrument Systems Altimeter Tests — 10-81
    • Autopilot System Maintenance — 10-83
    • LCD Display Screens — 10-84
    • Magnetic Compass Maintenance and Compensation —
    • 10-82 Pitot-Static System Maintenance and Tests — 10-81
    • Tachometer Maintenance — 10-81
    • Vacuum System Maintenance — 10-83
  • Maintenance Procedure — 11-75
  • Major Components of a Laminate — 7-1
  • Making Straight Line Bends — 4-60
  • Male and Female Die Forming — 7-55
  • Manual Foot-Operated Sheet Metal Shrinker — 4-26
  • Manufacturer’s Inspection Program — 2-60
  • Manufacturer’s Service Information — 2-39
  • Manufacturing and In-Service Damage — 7-12
  • Marking Method — 2-32
  • Marking Tools — 4-4
  • Masking and Applying the Trim — 8-15
  • Masking for the Trim — 8-15
  • Masking Materials — 8-15
  • Materials — 6-7
  • Matrix Imperfections — 7-13
  • Matrix Materials — 7-6
  • Maule punch tester — 3-10
  • Mechanical Control — 2-13
  • Mechanical-Lock Blind Rivets — 4-47
  • Mechanical Movement Indicators — 10-28
  • Medium Frequency Vibration — 2-30
  • Metal Decals with Cellophane Backing — 8-17
  • Metal Decals with No Adhesive — 8-18
  • Metal Decals With Paper Backing — 8-17
  • Metal Oxide Semiconductor Field Effect Transistors (MOSFETs) and Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor (CMOS) — 11-15
  • Methylene Chloride — 8-2
  • Methyl Ethyl Ketone (MEK) — 8-1
  • Microshavers — 4-39
  • mildewicide — 3-7
  • Mineral Spirits — 8-2
  • Minor Core Damage (Filler and Potting Repairs) — 7-34
  • Mixing Equipment — 8-9
  • Mixing Resins — 7-29
  • Moisture Detector — 7-18
  • monocoque — 1-7
  • Monospar — 1-11
  • Motion — 2-2
  • Motors — 9-97
  • Multiple-Disc Brakes — 13-46
  • Multiple Pass Welding — 5-26
  • multispar — 1-11
  • Multispar — 1-11

N

  • Nacelles — 1-17
  • Nacelle station — 1-38
  • Naphtha — 8-2
  • National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics — 4-45
  • Navigation Instruments — 10-3
  • Negligible Damage — 4-90
  • Neutral axis — 4-59
  • Neutral Flame — 5-12
  • Neutron Radiography — 7-18
  • Newton’s Laws of Motion — 2-3
  • Nibblers — 4-8
  • Nick — 4-90
  • Nicopress® process — 2-40
  • No Bleedout — 7-28
  • Noise — 11-3
  • Nondestructive Inspection (NDI) of Composites — 7-15
  • Non-Electric Temperature Indicators — 10-34
  • Nonwoven (Knitted or Stitched) — 7-3
  • Nose Wheel Steering Systems — 13-29
    • Small Aircraft — 13-29
  • NOTAR — 1-44
  • Notcher — 4-11
  • Numbering Systems — 1-37

O

  • Octane and Performance Number Rating — 14-5
  • Off Aircraft Brake Servicing and Maintenance — 13-70
    • Automatic Adjuster Pins — 13-70
    • Bolt and Threaded Connections — 13-70
    • Brake Housing and Piston Condition — 13-71
    • Discs — 13-70
    • Seal Condition — 13-71
    • Torque Tube — 13-71
  • Offset Flapping Hinge — 2-29
  • Ohm’s Law — 9-1
  • On Aircraft Servicing — 13-66
  • Onboard Oxygen Generating Systems (OBOGS) — 16-5
  • Open and Closed Bends — 4-72
  • Open and Closed Skin Area Repair — 4-97
  • Open angle — 4-59
  • Open assembly time — 6-10
  • Open End Bend (Less Than 90°) — 4-73
  • Open Wiring — 9-77
  • Operation and Handling Tips — 13-90
    • Braking and Pivoting — 13-91
    • Hydroplaning — 13-92
    • Landing Field and Hangar Floor Condition — 13-91
    • Takeoffs and Landings — 13-91
    • Taxiing — 13-91
  • Opposition to Current Flow of AC — 9-11
    • Apparent Power — 9-19
    • Inductive Reactance — 9-11
    • Parallel AC Circuits — 9-18
    • Power in AC Circuits — 9-19
    • Resistance — 9-11
    • True Power — 9-19
  • Optical Considerations — 7-53
  • Orange Peel — 8-13
  • Oscillator Circuits — 11-23
  • Other Aircraft Inspection and Maintenance Programs 2-64 Outside the Member — 4-99
  • Oven — 7-22
  • Overhead Position Welding — 5-28
  • Oxidizing Flame — 5-12
  • Oxy-acetylene Cutting — 5-13
  • Oxy-acetylene Welding of Ferrous Metals — 5-15
  • Oxy-Acetylene Welding of Nonferrous Metals — 5-17
  • Oxygen — 5-7
  • Oxygen System Inspection and Maintenance — 16-20
  • Oxygen Systems and Components — 16-5
  • Oxygen System Servicing — 16-16

P

  • Paint Booth — 8-5
  • Paint Finishes — 8-18
  • Paint System Compatibility — 8-18
  • Paint Touchup — 8-18
  • Paper Decals — 8-17
  • Parasite drag — 2-7
  • Paste Adhesives — 7-10
  • Patches — 4-93
  • Patch Installation on the Aircraft — 7-42
  • Peel Ply — 7-21
  • Pens — 4-4
  • Pentodes — 11-5
  • Perforated Release Film — 7-21
  • Periodic Maintenance Inspections — 2-59
  • Phenolic Resin — 7-6
  • Photodiodes and Phototransistors — 11-16
  • Physiology of Flight — 16-1
  • Piccolo Former — 4-26
  • Pin Fastening Systems (High-Shear Fasteners) — 4-49
  • Pinholes — 8-13
  • Pinked edge — 3-2
  • Pitot-Static Pressure-Sensing Flight Instruments — 10-15
    • Airspeed Indicators — 10-23
    • Altimeters and Altitude — 10-15
    • Vertical Speed Indicator — 10-21
  • Pitot-Static Systems — 10-11
    • Air Data Computers (ADC) and Digital Air Data Computers (DADC) — 10-15
    • Pitot Tubes and Static Vents — 10-11
  • Pitting — 4-90
  • Plasma Arc Cutting — 5-6
  • Plasma Arc Welding — 5-4
  • Plastic Media Blasting (PMB) — 8-20
  • Plug Patch — 6-20
  • Ply — 3-2
  • Ply Orientation Warp Clock — 7-29
  • Plywood Skin Repairs — 6-19
  • Pneumatic Circular Cutting Saw — 4-7
  • Pneumatic Continuous-Loop Systems — 17-6
    • Averaging Function — 17-6
    • Discrete Function — 17-7
  • Pneumatic Deice Boot System for GA Aircraft — 15-12
    • GA System Operation — 15-12
  • Pneumatic Drill Motors — 4-14
  • Pneumatic Power System Maintenance — 12-51
  • Pneumatic Rain Removal Systems — 15-27
  • Pneumatic Rivet Gun — 4-37
  • Pneumatic System Components — 12-47
    • Air Compressors — 12-48
    • Check Valves — 12-48
    • Chemical Drier — 12-49
    • Control Valves — 12-48
    • Desiccant/Moisture Separator — 12-49
    • Filters — 12-49
    • Relief Valves — 12-48
    • Restrictors — 12-49
    • Variable Restrictor — 12-49
  • Polishing — 7-57
  • Polybenzimidazoles (PBI) — 7-7
  • Polyester Fabric Repairs — 3-23
  • Polyester Resins — 7-6
  • Polyether ether ketone (PEEK) — 7-7
  • Polyimides — 7-7
  • Polyurethane — 8-4
  • Poor Adhesion — 8-12
  • Pop Rivets — 4-56
  • Portable Power Drills — 4-14
  • Portable Water Tank Ice Prevention — 15-30
  • Power Factor — 9-19
  • Powerplant — 1-40,2-33
  • powerplant stations — 1-38
  • Power Systems — 9-40
  • Power Tools — 4-37
  • Power Transfer Unit (PTU) — 12-34
  • Preflight — 2-59
  • Pre-Impregnated Products (Prepregs) — 7-8
  • Preparation of Wood for Gluing — 6-10
  • Preparing Glues for Use — 6-11
  • Prepreg — 7-25
  • Press Brake — 4-22
  • Pressing or clamping time — 6-10
  • Pressure — 2-1,10-6
  • Pressure-Driven Gyroscopic Instrument Systems — 10-50
  • Pressure Instruments — 10-7
    • Engine Oil Pressure — 10-7
    • Engine Pressure Ratio (EPR) — 10-9
    • Fuel Pressure — 10-9
    • Hydraulic Pressure — 10-10
    • Manifold Pressure — 10-7
    • Pressure Switches — 10-11
  • Pressure Measuring Instruments — 10-3
  • Pressure of the Atmosphere — 16-21
  • Pressure on the Joint — 6-11
  • Pressure Regulators — 5-7
  • Pressure Type Sensor Responder Systems — 17-6
  • Pressurization — 1-9
  • Pressurization Issues — 16-23
  • Prevention of Oxygen Fires or Explosions — 16-20
  • Primary Flight Controls — 2-10
  • Primary Flight Control Surfaces — 1-23
  • Primer — 3-6
  • Primer and Paint — 8-9
  • Primers — 8-2
  • Profile drag — 2-7
  • Progressive Inspection — 2-59
  • Propeller Deice System — 15-22
    • Electrothermal Propeller Device System — 15-22
  • Protective Equipment for Personnel — 8-21
  • Puddle — 5-15
  • Pull-Type Blind Bolt — 4-53
  • Pulse Echo Ultrasonic Inspection — 7-16
  • Pumps — 12-14
    • Hand Pumps — 12-15
    • Power-Driven Pumps — 12-15
    • Classification of Pumps — 12-16
    • Constant-Displacement Pumps — 12-16
    • Gear-Type Power Pump — 12-16
    • Gerotor Pump — 12-17
    • Piston Pump — 12-17
    • Bent Axis Piston Pump — 12-18
    • Inline Piston Pump — 12-18
    • Vane Pump — 12-18
    • Variable-Displacement Pump — 12-19
    • Basic Pumping Operation — 12-19
    • Depressurized Mode — 12-21
    • Normal Pumping Mode — 12-20
  • Punches — 4-4
  • Purity — 14-7

R

  • Radio Communication — 11-29
  • Radiography — 7-18
  • Radio Navigation — 11-40
    • Automatic Direction Finder (ADF) — 11-44
    • Collision Avoidance Systems — 11-55
    • Traffic Collision Avoidance Systems (TCAS) — 11-56
    • Distance Measuring Equipment (DME) — 11-50
    • Emergency Locator Transmitter (ELT) — 11-63
    • Global Positioning System (GPS) — 11-68
    • Instrument Landing Systems (ILS) — 11-47
    • Compass Locators — 11-48
    • Localizer — 11-48
    • Long Range Aid to Navigation System (LORAN) 11-67 Radar Beacon Transponder — 11-53
    • Altitude Encoders — 11-55
    • Transponder Tests and Inspections — 11-55
    • Radio Altimeter — 11-59
    • Radio Magnetic Indicator (RMI) — 11-47
    • VOR Navigation System — 11-40
    • Weather Radar — 11-61
  • Radio Transmitters and Receivers — 11-35
    • Receivers — 11-36
    • Transceivers — 11-36
    • Transmitters — 11-35
  • Radio Waves — 11-30
  • Radius Dimpling — 4-42
  • Radome Repairs — 7-40
  • Rain Control Systems — 15-26
  • Ram Air Turbine (RAT) — 12-33
  • Reamers — 4-17
  • Rebalancing Methods — 2-37
  • Rebalancing Procedures — 2-37
  • Reciprocating Engine — 2-33
  • Reciprocating Engine Fuel—AVGAS — 14-3
  • Reciprocating Saw — 4-8
  • Rectifiers — 11-17
  • Red Baron’s Fokker DR-1 — 1-3
  • Red Iron Oxide — 8-3
  • Reducing Radio Interference — 11-73
  • Regulators — 5-10
  • Reinforcing Tape — 3-4
  • Rejuvenator — 3-7
  • Relative humidity — 2-2
  • Relays — 9-98
  • Release Agents — 7-19
  • Relief Hole Location — 4-72
  • Remote Indicating Compass — 10-43
  • Remote Indicating Slaved Gyro Compass (Flux Gate Compass) — 10-44
  • Remote Sensing and Indication — 10-24
  • Removal of Decals — 8-18
  • Removal of Mechanically Locked Blind Rivets — 4-48
  • Removal of Pin Rivets — 4-50
  • Removal of Rivets — 4-44
  • Repairability of Sheet Metal Structure — 4-90
  • Repair Layout — 4-32
  • Repair Material Selection — 4-92
  • Repair of Lightening Holes — 4-100
  • Repair of Steel Tubing Aircraft Structure by Welding 5-31 Repair of Stressed Skin Structure — 4-93
  • Repair of Wood Aircraft Components — 6-12
  • Repair of Wood Aircraft Structures — 6-6
  • Repair Parts Layout — 4-92
  • Repair Safety — 7-52
  • Repairs to a Pressurized Area — 4-100
  • Replacement of a Panel — 4-97
  • Replacement of Brake Linings — 13-71
    • Goodyear Brakes — 13-71
  • Replacing Rivets — 4-45
  • Required Inspections — 2-59
  • Requirements for Overheat and Fire Protection Systems —
  • 17-1 Resin Injection Repairs — 7-39
  • Respiratory Protection — 7-53
  • retarder — 3-7
  • Reusable Sheet Metal Fasteners — 4-28
  • Rib and Web Repair — 4-104
  • Rib Bracing — 3-4
  • Rib Lacing — 3-18
  • Rib Lacing Cord — 3-5
  • Rigging — 2-15
  • Rigging Checks — 2-46
  • Rigging Fixtures — 2-43
  • Rigging Specifications — 2-38
  • Right Angle and 45° Drill Motors — 4-14
  • Rigid Removable Fuel Tanks — 14-18
  • Rigid Rotor — 2-17
  • Rigid Rotor System — 1-42
  • Rivet Cutter — 4-35
  • Rivet Head Shape — 4-31
  • Riveting Procedure — 4-39
  • Rivet Layout Example — 4-34
  • Rivet Length — 4-32
  • Rivet Nut — 4-55
  • Rivet Pitch — 4-34
  • Rivet Selection — 4-92
  • Rivet Sets/Headers — 4-38
  • Rivet Spacers — 4-4
  • Rivet Spacing — 4-33
  • Rivet Spacing and Edge Distance — 4-92
  • Rivet Strength — 4-32
  • Room Temperature Curing — 7-32
  • Rotary Machine — 4-23
  • Rotary Punch Press — 4-10
  • Rotary-Wing — 2-16
  • Rotary-wing aircraft — 1-5
  • Rotor Systems — 2-17
  • Rudder — 1-25
  • ruddervator — 1-26

S

  • Safety in the Paint Shop — 8-20
  • Sags and Runs — 8-13
  • Sandbag Bumping — 4-79
  • Sandbags — 4-27
  • Sandwich Structures — 7-10,7-34
  • Saturation Techniques — 7-29
  • Sawing — 7-55
  • Scales — 4-3
  • Scarf Patch — 6-23
  • Score — 4-90
  • Scratch — 4-90
  • Screws and Nutplates in Composite Structures — 7-49
  • Scroll Shears — 4-10
  • Seals — 12-34
    • Backup Rings — 12-36
    • Gaskets — 12-36
    • O-Ring Installation — 12-37
    • O-Rings — 12-35
    • O-Ring Color Coding — 12-36
    • Seal Materials — 12-36
    • U-Ring — 12-35
    • V-Ring Packings — 12-35
    • Wipers — 12-37
  • Seams — 3-14
  • Seam Welding — 5-4
  • Selvage edge — 3-2
  • Semiconductor Diodes — 11-8
  • Semiconductors — 11-6
  • Semicrystalline Thermoplastics — 7-7
  • Semimonocoque — 1-8
  • Semirigid Rotor — 2-17
  • Semirigid Rotor System — 1-42
  • Sequence for Painting a Single-Engine or Light Twin Airplane — 8-12
  • Series Wound DC Generators — 9-31
  • Servicing Gaseous Oxygen — 16-16
    • Draining an Oxygen System — 16-16
    • Filling an Oxygen System — 16-17
    • Leak Testing Gaseous Oxygen Systems — 16-16
    • Purging an Oxygen System — 16-18
  • Servicing Shock Struts — 13-12
  • servo tab — 1-30
  • Servo tabs — 2-11
  • Setback (SB) — 4-59
  • Sewing Thread — 3-5
  • Seyboth — 3-10
  • Shear — ,1-6
  • Shear Strength and Bearing Strength — 4-86
  • sheet metal forming and flat pattern layout terminology —
  • 4-58 Sheet Metal Hammers and Mallets — 4-28
  • Sheet Metal Holding Devices — 4-28
  • Sheet Metal Repair — 4-85
  • Shielded Metal Arc Welding — 5-2
  • Shielding — 11-72
  • Shimmy Dampers Non-Hydraulic Shimmy Damper — 13-33
    • Piston-Type — 13-32
    • Vane-Type — 13-32
  • Shock Absorbing and Non-Shock Absorbing Landing Gear — 13-6
    • Bungee Cord — 13-7
    • Leaf-Type Spring Gear — 13-6
    • Rigid — 13-7
    • Shock Struts — 13-7
  • Shock Strut Operation — 13-10
  • Shop Tools — 4-9
  • Shotbags and Weights — 7-31
  • Shrinking — 4-57,4-75
  • Shrinking and Stretching Tools — 4-26
  • Shrinking Blocks — 4-27
  • Shrinking Tools — 4-26
  • Shrink Tape — 7-31
  • Sight line — 4-59
  • Silicon Controlled Rectifiers — 11-11
  • Silver Soldering — 5-20
  • Single Disc Brakes — 13-42
    • Fixed-Disc Brakes — 13-44
    • Floating Disc Brakes — 13-42
  • Single Rotor Helicopter — 2-16
  • Single Side Vacuum Bagging — 7-31
  • Single spread — 6-10
  • Siphon Feed Gun — 8-7
  • Size Requirements for Different Aircraft — 8-17
  • Skids — 1-40
  • Skin Protection — 7-53
  • Skis — 1-34
  • Slats — 1-29
  • Sleeve Bolts — 4-55
  • Slip Roll Former — 4-22
  • small airplanes Pump Feed Systems — 14-10
  • Small Multiengine (Reciprocating) Aircraft Fuel Systems 14-11
    • High-Wing Twin — 14-12
    • Low-Wing Twin — 14-11
  • Small Single-Engine Aircraft Fuel Systems — 14-9
    • Gravity Feed Systems — 14-9
    • High-Wing Aircraft With Fuel Injection System — 14-10
  • Smoke Detectors — 17-8
    • Ionization Type — 17-8
    • Light Refraction Type — 17-8
  • Smoke, Flame, and Carbon Monoxide Detection Systems. 17-8
  • Snake Attachment — 4-16
  • Soft or Harsh Flames — 5-13
  • Soldering — 5-20
  • Solenoids — 9-98
  • Solid Laminates — 7-38
  • Solid Release Film — 7-21
  • Solid Shank Rivet — 4-30
  • Solid State Magnetometers — 10-45
  • Solid-State Regulators — 9-39
  • Solutions to Heat Sink Problems — 7-25
  • Sources of Operating Air — 15-12
    • Turbine Engine Bleed Air — 15-12
  • Sources of Power for Gyroscopic Instruments — 10-45
  • Sources of Pressurized Air — 16-24
    • Turbine Engine Aircraft — 16-25
  • Spar Repair — 4-103
  • Special Fabric Fasteners — 3-5
  • Specialized Repairs — 4-108
  • Speed Brakes — 1-29
  • Spin Forming — 4-25
  • Splayed Patch — 6-20
  • split flap — 1-27
  • spoiler — 1-29
  • Spot Welding — 5-4
  • Spray Dust — 8-15
  • Spray Equipment — 8-5
  • Spray Gun Operation — 8-10
  • Spray Guns — 8-6
  • Spraying — 8-4
  • Spring-Back — 2-44
  • Spring tabs — 2-11
  • Squaring Shear — 4-9
  • stabilator — 1-26
  • Stability — 2-8
  • Stability Augmentation Systems (SAS) — 2-30
  • stabilizers — 1-21
  • Stabilizer Systems — 2-29
  • Stain — 4-90
  • Stainless Steel — 5-16
  • stall fence — 1-33
  • Stall Warning and Angle of Attack (AOA)Indicators10-32 Static Discharge Wicks — 11-73
  • Static Stability — 2-8
  • Steel — 5-15
  • Step Drill Bits — 4-16
  • Storage and Handling — 7-53
  • Storage of Finishing Materials — 8-21
  • Straight Extension — 4-16
  • Straight Line Bends — 4-73
  • Strength Characteristics — 7-1
  • stress analysis — 1-5
  • Stresses Applied to Rivets — 4-33
  • Stresses in Structural Members — 4-1
  • Stretch Forming — 4-24,7-54
  • Stretching — 4-57,4-76
  • Stretching Tools — 4-26
  • Stretching With V-Block Method — 4-74
  • Stringer Repair — 4-101
  • Stringers — 1-8
  • Stripping the Finish — 8-20
  • Structural Alignment — 2-47
  • Structural Fasteners — 4-30
  • Structural Repair Manual (SRM) — 2-39
  • Structural Stresses — 1-5
  • Structural Support During Repair — 4-91
  • Subsonic Flow — 2-3
  • Suitable Wood — 6-7
  • Support — 13-14,13-16
  • Support Tooling and Molds — 7-19
  • Surface Ignition and Preignition — 14-5
  • Surface Patch — 6-20
  • Surface Preparation for Touchup — 8-19
  • Surfaces — 8-9
  • Surface Tape — 3-4
  • Swage-type terminals — 2-40
  • Swash Plate Assembly — 2-27
  • Switches — 9-95
    • Double-pole double-throw (DPDT) — 9-97
    • Double-pole single-throw (DPST) — 9-97
    • Double-throw switches — 9-97
    • Precision (Micro) Switches — 9-98
    • Rotary Switches — 9-98
    • Single-pole double-throw (SPDT) — 9-97
    • Single-pole single-throw (SPST) — 9-97
    • Spring loaded switches — 9-97
    • Toggle and Rocker Switches — 9-97
    • Two position switch — 9-97
  • Symmetry Check — 2-49
  • Synchroscope — 10-31
  • Synchro-Type Remote-Indicating Instruments — 10-25
    • DC Selsyn Systems — 10-25
  • Synthetic Enamel — 8-4
  • System Air Filters — 8-6
  • System Servicing — 16-54
    • Charging the System — 16-57
    • Checking Compressor Oil — 16-56
    • Evacuating the System — 16-56
    • Leak Test — 16-55
    • Performance Test — 16-56
    • Purging the System — 16-56

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  • Tabs — 1-30
  • Tachometers — 10-28
    • Electric Tachometers — 10-29
    • Mechanical Tachometers — 10-28
  • tail cone — 1-21
  • Tail Rotor Tracking — 2-32
  • Tail Wheel Gear — 1-35
  • Tapered Shank Bolt — 4-55
  • Technical Standard Order — 3-3
  • Technician Certification — 16-57
  • Tee Joints — 5-30
  • Temperature and Altitude — 16-22
  • Temperature Measuring Instruments — 10-34
  • Temperature Variations in Repair Zone — 7-25
  • Tension — ,1-6
  • Tension Regulators — 2-44
  • Terms Used in the Glue Process — 6-10
  • Testing Glued Joints — 6-12
  • Tetrodes — 11-5
  • The Eddie-Bolt® 2 Pin Fastening System — 4-53
  • Theory of Refrigeration Basic Vapor Cycle — 16-44
  • Thermal Electric Anti-Icing — 15-9
  • Thermal Pneumatic Anti-icing — 15-4
  • Thermal Survey — 7-25
  • Thermal Survey of Repair Area — 7-25
  • Thermal Switch System — 17-2
  • Thermocouple Placement — 7-24
  • Thermocouples — 7-24
  • Thermocouple System — 17-2
  • Thermocouple Temperature Indicators — 10-37
    • Turbine Gas Temperature Indicating Systems — 10-39
  • Thermography — 7-18
  • Thermoplastic Resins — 7-7
  • Thermoplastics — 7-53
  • Thermosetting plastics — 7-53
  • Thermosetting Resins — 7-6
  • thinners — 3-7
  • Thinners — 8-2
  • Thixotropic Agents — 7-8
  • Throatless Shear — 4-9
  • Throttle — 2-28
  • Through Transmission Ultrasonic Inspection — 7-16
  • Thrust — 2-6
  • TIG Welding — 5-21
  • TIG Welding 4130 Steel Tubing — 5-22
  • TIG Welding Aluminum — 5-23
  • TIG Welding Magnesium — 5-23
  • TIG Welding Stainless Steel — 5-22
  • TIG Welding Titanium — 5-23
  • Tire Classification — 13-74
    • Bias Ply or Radial — 13-75
    • Ply Rating — 13-75
    • Tube-Type or Tubeless — 13-75
    • Types — 13-74
  • Tire Construction — 13-76
    • Carcass Plies — 13-76
    • Sidewall — 13-78
    • Chine — 13-78
    • Tread — 13-76
  • Tire Inspection on the Aircraft — 13-78
    • Inflation — 13-78
    • Tread Condition — 13-79
    • Tread Damage — 13-81
    • Tread Depth and Wear Pattern — 13-79
  • Tire Mounting — 13-87
    • Tubeless Tires — 13-87
    • Tube-Type Tires — 13-89
  • Tire Removal — 13-83
  • Tire Repair and Retreading — 13-86
  • Tire Storage — 13-86
  • Titanium — 4-84
  • Toluene — 8-2
  • Topcoats — 3-6
  • Torch Brazing of Aluminum — 5-19
  • Torch Brazing of Steel — 5-19
  • Torch Tips — 5-8
  • Torque Compensation — 2-18
  • Torque Tubes — 2-46
  • Torsion — ,1-6
  • Total Air Temperature Measurement — 10-40
  • Total developed width (TDW) — 4-59
  • Trailing Edge and Transition Area Patch Repairs — 7-39
  • Trailing Edge Repair — 4-106
  • Transfer Punch — 4-6
  • Transistors — 11-10
  • Translating Tendency — 2-21
  • Transmission — 1-40
  • Transmission Lines — 11-74
  • Transmission System — 2-34
  • Transparent Plastics — 7-53
  • Transverse Pitch — 4-34
  • Triacs — 11-13
  • Tricycle gear — 1-36
  • Trim Controls — 2-11
  • Triodes — 11-4
  • Troubleshooting the Fuel System — 14-45
    • Fuel Leak Classification — 14-45
    • Location of Leaks and Defects — 14-45
    • Replacement of Gaskets, Seals, and Packings — 14-46
  • truss — 1-7
  • Tube Splicing with Inside Sleeve Reinforcement — 5-32
  • Tube Splicing with Outer Split Sleeve Reinforcement5-32 Turbine Engine Fuels — 14-7
    • Turbine Engine Fuel Issues — 14-9
    • Turbine Engine Fuel Types — 14-8
    • Turbine Fuel Volatility — 14-7
  • Turbine Engines — 1-40
  • Turnbuckles — 2-44
  • Turpentine — 8-2
  • Two Hole — 4-15
  • Tying Wire Bundles — 9-86
  • Type Certificate Data Sheet — 2-38
  • Types of Damage and Defects — 4-89
  • Types of Drill Bits — 4-16
  • Types of Fiber — 7-5
  • Types of Welding — 5-1
  • Typical Repairs for Aircraft Structures — 4-97