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Aviation Maintenance Technology
13L MAINTENANCE PUBLICATIONS,
MECHANIC PRIVILEGES AND
LIMITATIONS, HYDRAULICS, LANDING
GEAR, AND CABIN ATMOSPHERE
CONTROL SYSTEMS LABORATORY
1.5 units, 5.83 lab hours
COREQUISITES : Aviation Ma intenance
Technology 13. ADVISORIES: Eligibility for English
125 or English 130 and English 126 and Eligibility for
Mathematics 201.
This lab course will cover a variety of subject areas
required by the Federal Aviation Administration as part of the
Aviation Maintenance Technology Program. Topics covered
include: Reading, comprehending, and applying information
contained in aircraft maintenance manuals; complying
with Federal Aviation Regulations, airworthiness directives,
advisory materials, and exercising mechanic privileges;
the inspection, troubleshooting, and repair of hydraulic or
pneumatic systems, maintaining landing gear systems, brakes,
wheels, tires, and steering systems; inspecting and servicing
speed and take-off warning systems; and repairing heating,
cooling, air-conditioning, pressurization, and oxygen systems.
(A, CSU)
21 UNDUCTED FANS, AUXILIARY POWER
UNITS, BASIC PHYSICS, ASSEMBLY &
RIGGING, AND WEIGHT & BALANCE
3.5 units, 5.83 lecture hours.
COREQUISITES : Aviation Ma intenance
Technology 21L. ADVISORIES: Eligibility for English
125 or English 130 and English 126 and Eligibility for
Mathematics 201.
This lecture course will cover a variety of subject
areas required by the Federal Aviation Administration as
part of the Aviation Maintenance Technology Program.
Topics include: Inspecting and troubleshooting unducted fan
systems, and turbine-driven auxiliary power units; exploring
the principles of simple machines, sound, fluid, and heat
dynamics, basic aerodynamics, aircraft structures, and the
theory of flight; assembly of aircraft components, including
flight control surfaces, control surface balance, aircraft rigging,
and inspection of flight control surfaces; and the weighing
of aircraft in order to perform complete weight-and-balance
checks. (A, CSU)
21L UNDUCTED FANS, AUXILIARY POWER
UNITS, BASIC PHYSICS, ASSEMBLY
& RIGGING, AND WEIGHT &
BALANCE LABORATORY
1.5 units, 5.83 lab hours
COREQUISITES : Aviation Maintenance
Technology 13. ADVISORIES: Eligibility for English
125 or English 130 and English 126 and Eligibility for
Mathematics 201.
This lab course will cover a variety of subject areas
required by the Federal Aviation Administration as part of the
Aviation Maintenance Technology Program. Topics include:
Inspecting and troubleshooting unducted fan systems, and
turbine-driven auxiliary power units; exploring the principles
of simple machines, sound, fluid, and heat dynamics, basic
aerodynamics, aircraft structures, and the theory of flight;
assembly of aircraft components, including flight control
surfaces, control surface balance, aircraft rigging, and
inspection of flight control surfaces; and the weighing of
aircraft in order to perform complete weight-and-balance
checks. (A, CSU)
22 AIRCRAFT COMPOSITE STRUCTURES,
AIRCRAFT WOOD STRUCTURES,
AND WELDING
3.5 units, 5.83 lecture hours.
COREQUISITES : Aviation Maintenance
Technology 22L. ADVISORIES: Eligibility for English
125 or English 130 and English 126 and Eligibility for
Mathematics 201.
This lecture course will cover a variety of subject
areas required by the Federal Aviation Administration as part
of the Aviation Maintenance Technology Program. Topics
include: Identification and selection of appropriate aircraft
hardware, materials, and special fasteners for bonded and
composite structures; the inspection, testing, and repair of
fiberglass, plastics, honeycomb, composites, and laminated
primary and secondary structures; welding techniques used
on aircraft metallic structures; identification of wood aircraft
defects, and the inspection, servicing, and repair of wooden
aircraft structures. (A, CSU)