AVMT 204 - Airframe Group IV: Flight Controls

(3 credits)

Lecture:

Aircraft flight controls and stabilizer systems. Other aerodynamic wing features. Secondary and auxiliary control surfaces. Control cables. Control cable maintenance. Cable connectors. Cable guides. Push-pull tubes. Torque tubes. Bellcranks. Control stops. Flutter and flight control balance. Rigging of aircraft flight controls. Use of and interpretation of a cable tension chart. Rigging aircraft flight controls. Selection and use of lifting equipment used to move aircraft components into place for assembly. Maintaining a calibration schedule for cable tension meters and other rigging equipment. Use and interpretation of cable tensiometers.

Lab:

Inspect primary control cables. Adjust and secure a primary flight control cable. Fabricate a primary flight control cable. Identify fixed wing aircraft rigging adjustment locations. Inspect a primary and secondary flight control surface. Adjust and secure a primary flight control cable. Adjust push-pull flight control systems. Determine allowable axial play limits for a flight control bearing. Inspect a trim tab for freeplay, travel, and operation. Locate aircraft flight control travel limits. Identify control surfaces that provide movement about an aircraft’s axes. Remove and reinstall a primary flight control surface. Check the balance of a flight control surface. Balance a control surface.

This class consists of 3 lessons and 3 labs.