This course is designed to provide the students with an understanding of aircraft hydraulic system design, components, and maintenance. This course is also designed to provide students with an understanding of aircraft landing gear systems, including fixed vs. retractable designs, position indicating systems, wheels/tires, and brake systems.
Prerequisites
Prior to enrolling in any Airframe courses, students must be complete with (or on track to complete) the General curriculum of Big Bend Community College Aviation Maintenance Technology, or otherwise complete with the requirements necessary to take the FAA written, oral, and practical exams for General as verified by the instructors of BBCC AMT.
This course is designed to teach and prepare students for the FAA Airframe Mechanic written, oral, and practical exams, specifically those parts of the exams that pertain to aircraft hydraulic/pneumatic systems and landing gear systems.
Program Outcome PO4 Applies to this course: Students will be able to identify and explain FAA rules/regulations, as well as describe, identify components of, troubleshoot, and repair a variety of airframe and powerplant systems.
IO1, Communication: Students will be able to communicate clearly and effectively within a workplace context.
IO2, Quantitative Reasoning: Students will be able to reason mathematically using methods appropriate to the profession.
IO3, Human Relations/ Workplace Skills: Students will be able to demonstrate teamwork, ethics, appropriate safety awareness and/or workplace specific skills.
During this course, the students will receive training in areas pertaining to aircraft hydraulic/pneumatic and landing gear systems using various methods of instruction, such as classroom lectures and lab projects. Knowledge items and skills taught in this course include, but is not limited to:
- Explaining the design of a basic hydraulic system and the functions of various hydraulic components.
- Identifying various hydraulic fluids and explaining their characteristics.
- Identifying maintenance requirements of hydraulic systems.
- Performing various hydraulic system servicing and maintenance tasks, such as installing seals, servicing reservoirs and accumulators, installing different components, purging air, and performing operational checks.
- Inspecting a hydraulic/pneumatic system for leaks.
- Identifying components unique to pneumatic power systems and their maintenance requirements.
- Identifying and mitigating risks associated with inspecting, maintaining, and repairing hydraulic/pneumatic systems.
- Identifying and explaining the major components of different configurations of aircraft landing gear systems.
- Performing operational checks of and troubleshooting gear retraction systems.
- Adjusting the components of a gear position indicating/warning systems.
- Inspecting wheels and tires for serviceability.
- Performing various servicing tasks common to landing gear and brake systems, such as lubricating wheel bearings, replacing brake linings, and servicing/bleeding brake systems.
- Inspecting, servicing, and troubleshooting air/oil shock strut assemblies.
- Inspecting, servicing, and troubleshooting aircraft steering systems.
- Identifying and mitigating risks associated with maintaining and repairing aircraft landing gear systems.