Course Overview
A course designed to provide you with the theoretical understanding and practical skills needed to inspect, fabricate and repair metal, tube, and composite material structures.
Prerequisite(s)
- No prerequisites are required for this course.
Credits
8.0
- Not offered this term
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Learning Outcomes
At the end of this course, the learner will be able to:
- Discuss aircraft construction.
- Use of hand tools and power tools.
- Perform riveting.
- Discus rivet inspection.
- Fabricate metal components.
- Form and bend sheet metal.
- Inspect aircraft damage.
- Discuss structural and non-structural damage.
- Perform repair patches.
- Discuss primer types and characteristics.
- Discuss paint booth safety.
- Discuss dimpling, lightning holes, tool holes, hidden holes.
- Discuss repairs on pressurized aircraft.
- Discuss sealants.
- Inspect and repair tubular structures.
- Discuss welding.
- Explain wood structures.
- Explain adhesives.
- Inspect and repair wood structures.
- Explain fabric covering.
- Inspect and repair fabric covering.
- Inspect and repair plastics on aircraft structures.
- Discuss composite materials.
- Perform inspection.
Effective as of Fall 2003
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