Reedley College Catalog 2018-19

167 Course Descriptions 2018-2019 Catalog 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 Maintenance Technology 11, 11L, 12, 12L, and 13. ADVISORIES: English 126 and eligibility for English 125 and 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 Maintenance Technology 21L, 22, 22L, 23 and 23L. ADVISORIES: English 126 and eligibility for English 125 and 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 21, 22, 22L, 23 and 23L. ADVISORIES: English 126 and eligibility for English 125 and 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 21, 21L, 22L, 23 and 23L. ADVISORIES: English 126 and eligibility for English 125 and 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)