Overview
The on-the-job aircraft maintenance manual and gold standard for aviation students and professionals – now fully updatedFor over 60 years, the Standard Aircraft Handbook for Mechanics and Technicians has been the go-to manual for building, maintaining, overhauling, and repairing aircraft of all types. This illustrated manual provides clear, step-by-step procedures for all essential aircraft maintenance and repair tasks. Thoroughly revised to cover the latest advances in the industry, this Eighth Edition includes essential information on composite materials, cutting-edge nondestructive testing, corrosion detection equipment and procedures, and new sections on wood components, aircraft weight and balance, welding, and FAA regulations. New photos, diagrams, tables, and schematics are featured throughout this must-have reference. Coverage includes:Tools and their proper useMaterials and fabricating, including new section on woodDrilling and countersinkingRivetingBolts and threaded fastenersAircraft plumbingControl cableElectrical wiring and installationNEW - Aircraft weight and balanceNondestructive testing (NDT)Corrosion detection and controlComposite materialsNEW - FAA regulations and aircraft inspections
The on-the-job aircraft maintenance manual and gold standard for aviation students and professionals – now fully updated
For over 60 years, the Standard Aircraft Handbook for Mechanics and Technicians has been the go-to manual for building, maintaining, overhauling, and repairing aircraft of all types. This illustrated manual provides clear, step-by-step procedures for all essential aircraft maintenance and repair tasks. Thoroughly revised to cover the latest advances in the industry, this Eighth Edition includes essential information on composite materials, cutting-edge nondestructive testing, corrosion detection equipment and procedures, and new sections on wood components, aircraft weight and balance, welding, and FAA regulations. New photos, diagrams, tables, and schematics are featured throughout this must-have reference.
Coverage includes:
For over 60 years, the Standard Aircraft Handbook for Mechanics and Technicians has been the go-to manual for building, maintaining, overhauling, and repairing aircraft of all types. This illustrated manual provides clear, step-by-step procedures for all essential aircraft maintenance and repair tasks. Thoroughly revised to cover the latest advances in the industry, this Eighth Edition includes essential information on composite materials, cutting-edge nondestructive testing, corrosion detection equipment and procedures, and new sections on wood components, aircraft weight and balance, welding, and FAA regulations. New photos, diagrams, tables, and schematics are featured throughout this must-have reference.
Coverage includes:
- Tools and their proper use
- Materials and fabricating, including new section on wood
- Drilling and countersinking
- Riveting
- Bolts and threaded fasteners
- Aircraft plumbing
- Control cable
- Electrical wiring and installation
- NEW - Aircraft weight and balance
- Nondestructive testing (NDT)
- Corrosion detection and control
- Composite materials
- NEW - FAA regulations and aircraft inspections
- | Author: Peng Hao Wang, Ron Sterkenburg
- | Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
- | Publication Date: Mar 15, 2021
- | Number of Pages:
- | Language:
- | Binding: Hardback
- | ISBN-13: 9781260468922
- | ISBN-10: 1260468925
