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1
Q

Safety diamond area consist of what?

A

Lines connecting the aircraft’s nose, wingtips, and aft of the tail

2
Q

Corrosion prone areas

A

seams of aluminium alloy structures, in box beam skin areas, around plated steel fastners, skin seams, lap joints, rub strips, access doors, cowling areas

3
Q

Fuselage consist of?

A

flight station, mid body section, and the aft fuselage section including the tail cone.

4
Q

What parts to the wings consist of?

A

Boeing 737-900 wings consisting of leading and tailing flaps, ailerons, flaps, slats, spoilers, engine mounts, and can be fitted with weapons pylons.

5
Q

What are flaps and slats used for?

A

high lift devices that increase wing lift and decrease stall speed during takeoff, low speed maneuvering and landing.

6
Q

Leading edge devices consist of?

A

4 flaps and 8 slats

7
Q

Trailing edge devices consists of?

A

2 flaps inboard and 4 slats outboard of each engine.

8
Q

What are flight spoilers used for and how many are there?

A

4 flight spoilers, located on the upper surface of each wing, used as speed brakes to increase drag and reduce lift.

9
Q

What type of landing gear do we use?

A

fully retractable tricycle type design with air/oil struts, main landing gear is a conventional two wheel unit, nose gear is a coventiinal steerable two wheel unit.

10
Q

what are struts used for?

A

absorbs shock during takeoff, taxiing, and landing.

11
Q

what type of brakes are used?

A

multi disc hydraulic powered brakes.

12
Q

what is the autobrake system?

A

the system uses hydraulic system pressure to provide max deceleration for rejected takeoff and auto braking.

13
Q

Access points?

A

1 entry door, 1 service door, 1 egress bailout door, 1 cargo door, 2 overwing exits