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Aviation Maintenance Technician Handbook–Airframe

FAA-H-8083-31B Version 2023

Index

U

  • Ultrasonic Bondtester Inspection — 7-17
  • Ultrasonic Inspection — 7-16
  • Unidirectional (Tape) — 7-3
  • Unijunction Transistors (UJT) — 11-14
  • Upsetting — 4-90
  • Urethane — 8-3
  • Urethane Coating — 8-4
  • Use of Bend Allowance Chart for a 90° Bend — 4-64
  • Use of Chart for Other Than a 90° Bend — 4-64
  • Using a Formula to Calculate the Setback — 4-63
  • Using a J-Chart To Calculate Total Developed Width 4-67 Using a Setback Chart to Find the Setback — 4-63
  • Using a Sheet Metal Brake to Fold Metal — 4-68

V

  • Vacuum Bag — 7-21
  • Vacuum Bagging Techniques — 7-31
  • Vacuum Bag Materials — 7-19
  • Vacuum Compaction Table — 7-22
  • Vacuum Equipment — 7-22
  • Vacuum Forming With a Female Form — 7-55
  • Vacuum Forming Without Forms — 7-55
  • Vacuum Systems — 10-46
    • Twin-engine Aircraft Vacuum System Operation..10-49 Typical Pump-Driven System — 10-47
    • Venturi Tube Systems — 10-46
  • Vacuum Tubes — 11-4
  • Valves — 12-22,16-19
    • Flow Control Valves — 12-22
    • Check Valve — 12-24
    • Hydraulic Fuses — 12-26
    • Orifice-Type Check Valve — 12-24
    • Pressure-Controlled Sequence Valve — 12-25
    • Selector Valves — 12-22
    • Sequence Valves — 12-24
    • Pressure Control Valves — 12-27
    • Pressure Reducers — 12-29
    • Pressure Regulators — 12-28
    • Relief Valves — 12-27
    • Shuttle Valves — 12-29
    • Shutoff Valves — 12-29
  • Vapor Cycle Air Conditioning Servicing Equipment 16-50 Full Service Refrigerant Recovery, Recycling, Evacuation, and Recharging Units — 16-52
    • Leak Detectors — 16-53
    • Manifold Set, Gauges, Hoses, and Fittings — 16-51
    • Refrigerant Source — 16-52
    • Vacuum Pumps — 16-52
  • Vapor Cycle Air Conditioning System Components Compressor — 16-48
    • Condenser — 16-48
    • Evaporator — 16-47
    • Expansion Valve — 16-46
    • Receiver Dryer — 16-45
    • Refrigerant — 16-44
    • Service Valves — 16-49
  • Vapor Lock — 14-3
  • Varnish — 8-2
  • V-Blocks — 4-27
  • Velocity — 2-3
  • Vertical Flight — 2-22
  • Vertical Magnetic Compass — 10-43
  • Vertical Position Welding — 5-28
  • vertical stabilizer stations — 1-38
  • very light jet — 1-4
  • Vibration Isolation — 11-72
  • Vinyl Ester Resin — 7-6
  • Vinyl Film Decals — 8-18
  • Viscosity — 12-1
  • Viscosity Measuring Cup — 8-8
  • Visual Inspection — 7-15
  • Volatility — 14-3
  • Vortex generators — 1-33

W

  • Warnings and Cautions — 10-73
    • Annunciator Systems — 10-73
    • Aural Warning Systems — 10-74
  • Warp Clock — 7-2
  • Wash Primers — 8-3
  • Water — 17-10
  • Water line — 1-37
  • web members — 1-8
  • weight — 2-6
  • Weight — 2-7
  • Welded Joints Using Oxy-Acetylene Torch — 5-29
  • Welding — 5-1
  • Welding Eyewear — 5-8
  • Welding Gases — 5-6
  • Welding Hose — 5-7
  • Wet Layups — 7-25
  • Wet or Dry Grinder — 4-11
  • Wheel Construction Outboard Wheel Half — 13-35
  • Wheel Inspection — 13-36
    • Off Aircraft Wheel Inspection — 13-37
    • Balance Weights — 13-41
    • Cleaning the Wheel Assembly — 13-38
    • Cleaning the Wheel Bearings — 13-38
    • Disassembly of the Wheel — 13-37
    • Fusible Plug Inspection — 13-41
    • Inspection of the Wheel Halves — 13-40
    • Key and Key Screw Inspection — 13-41
    • Wheel Bearing Inspection — 13-38
    • Bruising — 13-39
    • Flase Brinelling — 13-39
    • Galling — 13-38
    • Overheating — 13-38
    • Staining and surface marks — 13-39
    • Wheel Tie Bolt Inspection — 13-41
    • On Aircraft Inspection — 13-36
    • Proper Installation — 13-36
    • Axle Nut Torque — 13-36
  • Wide Area Augmentation System (WAAS) — 11-69
  • Windshield Frost, Fog, and Ice Control Systems Chemical — 15-30
    • Electric — 15-28
    • Pneumatic — 15-30
  • Windshield Installation — 7-57
  • Windshield Wiper Systems — 15-26
  • Wing and Horizontal and Vertical Stabilizer Anti-icing Systems — 15-3
  • Wing and Stabilizer Deicing Systems — 15-11
  • Wing Anti-ice (WAI) System — 15-4
  • winglet — 1-32
  • Winglets — 2-13
  • wing rib — 1-14
  • Wing Rib Repairs — 6-12
  • Wing Ribs — 1-14
  • Wings — 1-9
  • Wing Skin — 1-16
  • Wing Spars — 1-12
  • Wire Groups and Bundles and Routing — 9-77
    • Bend Radii — 9-79
    • Clamp Installation — 9-81
    • Movable Controls Wiring Precautions — 9-82
    • Protection Against Chafing — 9-79
    • Protection Against High Temperature — 9-79
    • Protection Against Solvents and Fluids — 9-80
    • Protection of Wires in Wheel Well Areas — 9-80
    • Twisting Wires — 9-78
    • Wire and Cable Clamp Inspection — 9-82
  • Wire Identification — 9-76
    • Placement of Identification Markings — 9-76
    • Types of Wire Markings — 9-76
  • Wire Inspection — 9-95
  • Wire Shielding — 9-84
    • Bonding — 9-85
    • Bonding Jumper Installation — 9-86
    • Bonding connections — 9-86
    • Bonding jumper attachment — 9-86
    • Corrosion prevention — 9-86
    • Corrosion protection — 9-86
    • Ground return connection — 9-86
    • Grounding — 9-84
    • Testing of Bonds and Grounds — 9-86
  • Wire Size Selection — 9-68
    • Current Carrying Capacity — 9-68
    • Allowable Voltage Drop — 9-74
    • Computing Current Carrying Capacity — 9-70
    • Electric Wire Chart Instructions — 9-75
    • Maximum Operating Temperature — 9-70
  • Wire Termination AN/MS Connectors — 9-92
    • Emergency Splicing Repairs — 9-91
    • Junction Boxes — 9-91
    • Stripping Wire — 9-87
    • Terminal Lugs — 9-90
    • Aluminum Wire Terminals — 9-91
    • Copper Wire Terminals — 9-90
    • Crimping Tools — 9-91
    • Pre-Insulated Splices — 9-91
    • Terminal Strips — 9-90
  • Wire Types — 9-64
    • Areas Designated as Severe Wind and Moisture Problem (SWAMP) — 9-68
    • Conductor — 9-66
    • Insulation — 9-67
    • Plating — 9-66
    • Wire Shielding — 9-67
  • Wiring Diagrams — 9-64
    • Block Diagrams — 9-64
    • Pictorial Diagrams — 9-64
    • Schematic Diagrams — 9-64
  • Wiring Installation — 9-64
  • Wood Aircraft Construction and Repairs — 6-1
  • Wood Condition — 6-4
  • Working Inconel® Alloys 625 and 718 — 4-82
  • Working Stainless Steel — 4-82
  • Working Titanium — 4-84
  • Woven splice — 2-39
  • Wright Brothers — 1-1
  • Wrinkling — 8-14

Z

  • Zener Diodes — 11-10
  • Zinc Chromate — 8-3