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Aircraft Electrical Systems

  • DC generation systems.
  • Alternators, AC generation systems.
  • Constant speed drive .
  • Voltage regulators.
  • Inverter systems.
  • Aircraft wiring sizes, types.
  • Aircraft wiring shielding .
  • Aircraft lightning protection.
  • Instrument or instrument panel removal.
  • Electrical system troubleshooting.
  • Aircraft electrical connectors .
  • Electrical system measurement .
  • Aircraft battery troubleshooting .

Aircraft Fuel Systems

  • Fuel system components.
  • Aircraft fuel tanks.
  • Fuel flow.
  • Fuel transfer.
  • Fuel jettisoning.
  • Characteristics of fuel types.
  • Fuel system maintenance.
  • Fuel quantity indication.

Aircraft Inspection

  • Inspection requirements .
  • Requirements for complying with ADs .
  • Compliance with service letters.
  • CFRs applicable to inspection .

Aircraft Instrument Systems

  • Magnetic compass inspection .
  • Magnetic compass swinging .
  • Pressure indicating instruments.
  • Temperature indicating instruments .
  • Position indication sensors .
  • Gyroscopic instruments .
  • Direction indicating instruments .
  • Instrument vacuum and pneumatic systems.
  • Pitot-static system.
  • Fuel quantity indicating systems.
  • Instrument range markings .
  • Electrostatic sensitive devices .
  • Electronic flight instrument .
  • 14 CFR parts 43 and 91 requirements .
  • Instrument limitations.
  • Angle of attack and stall warning systems.
  • Takeoff and landing gear configuration.
  • Aircraft bonding and protections.
  • Instrument panel removal .

Airframe Fire Protection Systems

  • Overheat and fire detection systems.
  • Overheat and fire detection Warning.
  • Smoke and carbon monoxide detection systems.
  • Fire extinguishing agents.
  • Types of fire extinguishing systems.
  • Fire extinguishing system maintenance .

Communication and Navigation Systems

  • Radio operating principles.
  • Antenna, static discharge wicks.
  • Emergency locator transmitter (ELT).
  • Automatic direction finder (ADF).
  • Omnidirectional range (VOR) theory, components, and operation.
  • Instrument landing system (ILS) .
  • Ground proximity warning system (GPWS) .
  • Autopilot theory, components, and operation .
  • Radio altimeter (RA) .
  • Transponder/encoder system .

Environmental Systems

  • Bleed air heating.
  • Exhaust heat exchanger.
  • Combustion heater .
  • Vapor-cycle system .
  • Air-cycle system.
  • Cabin pressurization and component(s) .
  • Types of oxygen systems .
  • Oxygen system maintenance .

Flight Controls

  • Control cables .
  • Control cable maintenance .
  • Cable connectors.
  • Cable guides .
  • Control stops .
  • Flutter and flight control balance .
  • Rigging flight controls.
  • Aircraft flight controls and stabilizer systems .
  • Other aerodynamic wing features.
  • Secondary and auxiliary control surfaces .

Hydraulic and Pneumatic Systems

  • Hydraulic system components .
  • Hydraulic system operations.
  • Hydraulic system servicing .
  • Hydraulic system inspection .
  • Pneumatic system types.
  • Servicing, function, of accumulators.
  • Types of hydraulic/pneumatic seals .
  • Hoses, lines, and fittings .
  • Pressure regulators .
  • Filter maintenance .

Ice and Rain Control

  • Aircraft icing causes.
  • Aircraft and powerplant anti-ice systems .
  • De-ice systems .
  • Wiper blade, chemical, bleed air .
  • Anti-icing and de-icing maintenance .
  • Environmental conditions that degrade vision .

Landing Gear Systems

  • Fixed and retractable landing gear components .
  • Strut servicing/lubrication .
  • Steering systems .
  • Gear position and warning system .
  • Brake assembly servicing .
  • Anti-skid system .
  • Wheel, brake, and tire .
  • Tire storage, care .
  • Gear tire and wheel safety .
  • Brake actuating systems.

Metallic Structures

  • Inspection/testing of metal structures.
  • Selection of sheet metal repair materials .
  • Layout, forming, and drilling of sheet metal components .
  • Selection of rivets, hardware, and fasteners .
  • Heat treatment processes for aluminum .
  • Rivet layout .
  • Rivet removal and installation methods .
  • Maintenance safety practices .
  • Flame welding gases .
  • Flame welding practices.
  • Inert-gas welding practices .
  • Purpose and types of shielding gases .
  • Types of steel tubing welding repairs .
  • Procedures for weld repairs.

Non-Metallic Structures

  • Wood structures.
  • Types and general characteristics of wood .
  • Permissible substitutes and other materials .
  • Acceptable and unacceptable wood defects .
  • Wood repair techniques .
  • Factors to determining proper covering material .
  • Types of approved aircraft covering material .
  • Seams commonly used with aircraft covering .
  • Covering textile terms.
  • Structure surface preparation.
  • Covering methods commonly used .
  • Aircraft covering restoration .
  • Covering repair and techniques .
  • Inspection/testing of composite structures.
  • Composite structure fiber, core, and matrix .
  • Composite materials storage .
  • Composite repair methods .
  • Thermoplastic material inspection .
  • Thermoplastic material installation .
  • Care and maintenance of windows .
  • Maintenance safety practices/precautions for composite .
  • Inspecting restraints and upholstery.

Rotorcraft Fundamentals

  • Rotorcraft aerodynamics.
  • Flight controls.
  • Transmissions .
  • Rotor vibrations, track, and balance .

Water and Waste Systems

  • Potable water system .