After the posts on riviting, laced wiring and fabric bodies I thought I would mention this. The other AMT's / AME's on here will know what I'm talking about. There is a FAA publication called AC43.13-1B/2A It's the service manual you use to repair aricraft that have no service manual. It covers rivting techniques, structural repair, fastner types and uses, how to safety wire properly, how to lace wire looms, how to make and repair dope and fabric structures, even how to lace a crack in a lexan windscreen closed in an emergency. It's about $20.00 - $40.00 in any aviation bookstore and can probably be bought online for a good price. Since I quit Aviation my AC43.13 lives in my toolbox in the shop. Hope this helps. Shawn
I'd like to add that there are crash-coarse classes on a batch of this type of stuff going on during the last week of July, at Whitman Field, Oshkosh, WI., during the annual EAA fly-in. This is a week-long event, so one must plan ahead. Might be a great little weekend vacation for mom and the kiddies, too. Roger
$18.95 at the Pilot Store: http://www.pilotstore.com/store/item.asp?ITEM_ID=780 No, I don't work for or have any interest in the Pilot Store. Just did a google serach.
"There is a FAA publication called AC43.13-1B/2A" Amen Brother, that book is our Bible. Lots of good info in there and pretty well diagrammed for those who are just starting. I'm an A&P with I. A. and the book gets frayed around the edges just explaining to some of the owners how stuff needs to be done.
Good info! Thank you! This will come in handy and i will be picking up one of these. Plan on wrapping all my wiring like this and I have a good bunch of riveting to do in the future.
A&P Myself - QC . This tip might save a few of you fellas some $$ on AC 43.13-1b Change 1. Follow the link below to download the book for free. Its seperated by chapters in PDF format. 43.13-1B http://rgl.faa.gov/Regulatory_and_G...86256B4500596C4E?OpenDocument&Highlight=43.13 Cheers! Neal0o
As I kept getting told, an aircraft will always remain flying until it reaches the scene of the crash. In my experience this is quite right. I have attended too many aircraft crashes, lost too many mates in them too. How I fucking HATE helicopters and the military way of operating.
If an engine goes out on a twin-engine aircraft, the second will get you all the way to the scene of the crash. You'll probably beat the ambulance by about 1/2 hour. Helicopters are several thousand parts flying in loose formation. If something hasn't broken on your helicopter... It's about to. Humans have a PERFECT flight record... We haven't left anyone up there yet! A an old navy submariner once said: There are more planes in the ocean than submarines in the sky. Shawn
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