| 1 |
Operation and effect of:
— roll control: ailerons and spoilers;
— pitch control: elevators, stabilators, variable incidence stabilisers and canards;
— yaw control, rudder limiters; Control using elevons, ruddervators (Module 11A.1) |
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| 2 |
High lift devices, slots, slats, flaps, flaperons; Drag inducing devices, spoilers, lift dumpers, speed brakes; Effects of wing fences, saw tooth leading edges; Boundary layer control using, vortex generators, stall wedges or leading edge devices (Module 11A.1) |
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| 3 |
Operation and effect of trim tabs, balance and antibalance (leading) tabs, servo tabs, spring tabs, mass balance, control surface bias, aerodynamic balance panels (Module 11A.1)
Speed of sound, subsonic flight, transonic flight, supersonic flight, Mach number, critical Mach number, compressibility buffet, shock wave, aerodynamic heating, area rule (Module 11A.1) |
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| 4 |
Factors affecting airflow in engine intakes of high speed aircraft; Effects of sweepback on critical Mach number (Module 11A.1)
Airworthiness requirements for structural strength; Structural classification, primary, secondary and tertiary; Fail safe, safe life, damage tolerance concepts (Module 11A.2) |
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| 5 |
Zonal and station identification systems; Stress, strain, bending, compression, shear, torsion, tension, hoop stress, fatigue; Drains and ventilation provisions; System installation provisions (Module 11A.2) |
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| 6 |
Lightning strike protection provision; Aircraft bonding (Module 11A.2)
Construction methods of: stressed skin fuselage, formers, stringers, longerons, bulkheads, frames, doublers, struts, ties, beams, floor structures, reinforcement, methods of skinning, anti-corrosive protection, wing, empennage and engine attachments (Module 11A.2) |
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| 7 |
Structure assembly techniques: riveting, bolting, bonding; Methods of surface protection, such as chromating, anodising, painting; Surface cleaning; Airframe symmetry: methods of alignment and symmetry checks (Module 11A.2) |
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| 8 |
Construction and pressurisation sealing; Wing, stabiliser, pylon and undercarriage attachments; Seat installation and cargo loading system; Doors and emergency exits: construction, mechanisms, operation and safety devices; Windows and windscreen construction and mechanisms (Module 11A.3) |
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| 9 |
Construction; Fuel storage; Landing gear, pylon, control surface and high lift/drag attachments (Module 11A.3) |
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| 10 |
Construction; Control surface attachment. (Module 11A.3)
Construction and attachment; Balancing — mass and aerodynamic (Module 11A.3) |
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| 11 |
Nacelles/Pylons
- Construction;
- Firewalls;
- Engine mounts (Module 11A.3)
Flight Controls (Module 11A.4):
Primary Controls, Secondary Controls, Associated Systems, System Configurations |
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| 12 |
Manually Operated Systems: (Module 13-12)
Chains and sprockets, control cables, turnbuckles, unregulated systems, cable tension regulator, pulleys, fairleads, quadrants and torque arms, bell cranks, control tubes, control stops, manual systems, trim systems
Power Flying Control Systems:
Aerodynamic force, power assisted flying controls, powered flying controls, multiple systems, parallel jacks, tandem jack unit, split control surfaces, manual reversion, control stops
Feel and Centring:
Spring Feel, Trimming power operated controls, Q feel, Simple Q feel system, haydraulic Q feel system
Gust Locks:
Locking manually operated controls, power control unit damping |
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| 13 |
Flight Control Systems:
Aileron Control System, Aileron/Spoiler Control, Spoiler/Speed Brake Control System, Speed Brake Lever, Spoiler Power Control Unit, Lift Dump, Active Load Alleviation Control, Elevator Control System, Rudder Control System
Autopilot:
Electrical Servo Motors, Hydraulic Servo Actuators
Fly By Wire:
System Description, Pitch control, Roll control, Yaw control |
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| 14 |
High Lift Devices:
Simple Trailing Edge Flap Operating Systems, Manually Operated Flap System, Electrically Powered Flap System, Simple Hydraulic Flap Drive System, Synchronizing Jacks
Leading and Trailing Edge Devices:
Slat and Flap Operation, Flap/Slat Operating System, Flap Loader Limiter, Asymmetric Flap Protection System, Alternate Flap Operation, Trailing Edge Flap Transmission Units, Leading Edge Flaps, Krueger Flaps, Variable Camber Flaps, Leading Edge Flap Pneumatic System, Pneumatic Drive Unit (PDU)
Stall Protection / Warning Systems:
Stall, Stall Sensors, Stall Warning System, Stall Protection Systems, Unsafe Takeoff Warning System, Duplicate Inspection |
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