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| How are airframe components joined? |
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| By rivets, bolts, screws, welds, or adhesives. |
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| What are the five stresses airframes are subjected to? |
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| Tension, compression, torsion, shear, and bending. |
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| Which fuselages design does not use formers, frame assemblies, or bulkheads to give shape to the fuselage? |
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| What internal wing components serve as an attachment point for the skin? |
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| What type of material is usually used for construction of flight control surfaces? |
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| What is used to round out the angle formed between the fixed tail surfaces and the fuselage? |
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| What structural unit provides a smooth airflow around and into the engine inlet? |
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| How do doors differ from panels? |
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| What component controls airflow around the weapons to reduce turbulence in the bay on some bomber aircraft? |
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| Bay spoilers or air spoilers |
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| Generally, how are plastics grouped? |
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| Thermoplastics and thermosetting plastics. |
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| How do paint removers and stripping compounds affect the plastic facings of a radome? |
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| It may adversely effect its electrical properties or strength. |
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| How are fuselage station numbers measured? |
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| In inches from the reference datum or zero point on or near the aircraft nose. |
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| That equipment, which is maintained with the aircraft, necessary to support the aircraft mission |
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| What category of –21 equipment is the aircraft’s AME? |
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| How are crew members restrained in a nonexplosive seat? |
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| Conventional safety belt and shoulder harness |
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| What type of ejection seat are many of the newer aircraft using? |
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| How are troop seats fastened to the aircraft floor? |
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| What are some of the sizes of typical life rafts? |
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| Life rafts come in a vast array of sizes including one-person, seven-person, 20-person, and 25-person. |
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| What is contained in most first aid kits? |
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| Adhesive tape, bandages and dressings, ammonia solution, a surgical plate, and an instruction card. |
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| What are fire axes used for? |
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| To open or remove structural components in case of emergencies. |
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| What does the galley usually contain? |
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| A freshwater tank, cup dispenser, refrigerator, oven, waste container, provisions for hot beverages, and a worktable. |
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| Two or more substances which are combined to produce material properties not present when either substance is used alone. |
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| How may hole damage occur? |
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| From over-torqueing fasteners, or as a result of fastener pull-through. |
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| Why should you avoid wearing plastic contact lenses when working with composites? |
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| They may melt from resin fumes |
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| What instrument is used to measure the weight of air? |
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| What is the term for the curve of the surface of an airfoil from the leading edge to the trailing edge? |
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| What aerodynamic forces affect aircraft in flight? |
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| Lift, weight, thrust, and drag |
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| The angle between the mean chord line of an airfoil and the aircraft flight path. |
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| What are the three axes that act on an aircraft? |
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| Longitudinal, lateral, and vertical |
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| What are the lateral control surfaces of the aircraft? |
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| Ailerons, spoilers/speed brakes, and wing flaps. |
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| Which type of flight control system reduces the need for long cables, turnbuckles, quick disconnects, push-pull rods, and the associated flight control hardware? |
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| What controls all directional movements of aircraft? |
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| What primary flight control guides the aircraft about the vertical axis? |
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| Which type of stabilator has both sides connected together and when one side moves the other side must move the same direction and amount |
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| It is a combination of an aileron and an elevator |
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| What are five types of wing flaps? |
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| Plain, split, fowler, slotted, and leading-edge slats or flaps. |
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| What is the difference between a leading-edge flaps and wing slats? |
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| If the leading edge lowers when the trailing edge flaps are lowered, then you have leading-edge flaps. If they lower independently of the flaps they are called slats. |
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| What is the purpose of speed brakes? |
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| Increase drag to slow the aircraft and reduce landing distance |
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| List the three types of trim systems. |
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| What are the two major parts of the AFCS? |
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| Stab aug system and the A/P system. |
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| What system is used to make bomber aircraft stable for launching weapons? |
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| What mode of the auto pilot system automatically maintains aircraft speed? |
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