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Turbine Engines (ACMT 1235)
Total Credits:
7
Lecture Credits:
4
Lab Credits:
3
Description:
This course covers the fundamentals of aircraft gas turbine engines, including the theory, design, construction, operating principles, inspection and maintenance fundamentals of aircraft gas turbine engines. You will also cover overhaul, removal and installation, troubleshooting techniques, and the maintenance fundamentals of aircraft gas turbine engines. This course must be taken A-F.
Topical Outline:
1. Turbine engine operation and characteristics
2. Aircraft turbine engine overhaul per manufacturers specification
3. Maintenance of powerplant records
4. Turbine Engine maintenance and overhauls
5. Turbine engine controls and adjustments
6. Troubleshooting and inspections of turbine engines
Learning Outcomes:
1. Use appropriate manuals to perform maintenance on a turbine engine.
2. Demonstrate turbine engine fuel nozzle maintenance practices.
3. Identify damaged turbine blades.
4. Demonstrate procedures used in troubleshooting in turbine engines.
5. Perform hot section inspection of a turbine engine.
6. Inspect, remove and install a combustor.
Prerequisites:
ACMT 1000,
ACMT 1005,
ACMT 1010,
ACMT 1015, and
ACMT 1020 or Instructor Approval