Engineering College

Pallakapalayam-637 303

Department of Aeronautical Engineering

Internal Test II
AE2027 AERO FRAME MAINTENANCE & REPAIR Date: 30.09.13 Year/sem: IV/VII Time: 3Hrs Answer All Questions PART A (10 X 2 = 20 Marks) 1. Difference between acrylic and acetate 2. Define crazing? 3. What are composites. 4. What is called a solid laminate? 5. Write about some kind of plastic used in boeing 787? 6. What are advantages of plastics over glass. 7. What is meant by shelf life and pot life 8. What is syntactic foam? 9. What is the purpose of rigging 10. What is jacking PART B (5 X 16 = 80) 11. a) (i)Describe the technique of cleaning plastic surface (ii) Discuss about maintenance of plastic components (or) b) Describe in brief the different NDI methods employed in composites. 12. a) Describe in brief the three basic methods to repair aircraft composites parts with advantages and disadvantages . (or) b) Explain in detail about repair of craks and holes to be carried out in plastic surfaces. 13. a) Explain in detail about types of plastics used in aircraft and name some parts where it is mostly used Maximum Marks: 100

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b) i)Explain in detail about fiber glass components in modern aircraft construction ii)Define solid laminate and sandwich construction 14 a) What are the special precautions to be adopted while carrying out composite structural repair. (16) (or) b) what are the conditions to be ensured for obtaining correct weight of an aircraft? 15 a) Write Short Notes on aircraft jacking, rigging, symmetry check and weighing (or) b) (i) Enumerate secondary control surface of an aircraft and describe their operation. (ii) Explain the control surface rigging

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