Components
Compression Ring, Oil Control Ring, and Oil Scrapper Ring
What are the different types of piston rings?
The top of the cylinder head
What is the combustion chamber?
Contains the operating limits for the engine
What is the TCDS?
The tractor type and the pusher type
What are the two different classifications of propellers?
The part of the carburetor near the discharge nozzle but before the throttle plate
What is the venturi?
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The gear connected to the camshaft to help control the rotational speed of the camshaft
What is the Timing Gear?
The unit that regulates the amount of exhaust gases to that spin the turbine of a turbocharger
What is the waste gate?
The documentation required to allow an engine to RTS
What is an engine logbook signoff?
The movement of the blades that allows for minimal drag across the surface of the propeller
What is feathering?
The system used to designate the sizing of electrical wires
What is the AWG? (American Wire Gauge)
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The chemical compound that is found inside the exhaust valve to assist with cooling.
What is Sodium Bicarbonate?
The instantaneous explosive burning of fuel
What is detonation?
an item that is placed in an accessible location, and used by mechanics to identify an aircraft engine
What is the Engine ID plate?
Another name for the for the flat side of the propeller blade
What is the blade face?
The instrument of a reciprocating engine that measures crankshaft speed
What is the Tachometer?
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The system in which 2 magnetos are driven by a single magneto all contained in a single housing.
What is a dual magneto system?
The temperature at which oil will begin to give off ignitable vapors
What is Flash point?
The criteria used to determine the replacement of life limited engine components.
What are cycles, hours, or calendar time?
The force that acts on the counterweights of a hydraulic counterweight propeller that tends to rotate the blades
What is centrifugal force?
A condition that is monitored to ensure lower cylinder operating temperatures, and better volumetric efficiency
What is valve overlap?
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A style of pump that can be used to vary the fuel flow at any speed.
What is a variable displacement pump?
The valve of the carburetor that provides additional fuel for cooling to prevent detonation at higher throttle settings
Can be used as a guide for a 100-hour inspection on an aircraft engine
What is FAR part 43, Appendix D?
The U-shaped channel that utilizes centrifugal force to throw deicing fluid onto the blades
What is the slinger ring?
The unit used to rapidly spin the magneto to produce a hot spark for the starting of the engine
What is the impulse coupling?
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