FM 1-514: Fundamentals of Rotor and Power Train Maintenance-Techniques and Procedures

FM 1-514 Fundamentals of Rotor and Power Train Maintenance-Techniques and Procedures

FM 1-514

Fundamentals of Rotor and Power Train Maintenance-Techniques and Procedures

Army · FM · Apr 1991 · 68 pages

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Basic flight theory and aerodynamics are considered in full detail when an aircraft is designed. The rotor repairer must understand these principles in order to maintain aircraft safely and to make repairs that are structurally sound and aerodynamically smooth. AERODYNAMICS Aerodynamics deals with the motion of air and with the forces acting on objects moving through air or remaining stationary in a current of air. The same principles of aerodynamics apply to both rotary-wing and fixed-wing aircraft. Four forces that affect an aircraft at all times are weight, lift, thrust, and drag: Weight is the force exerted on an aircraft by gravity. The pull of gravity acts through the aircraft's center of gravity, which is the point at which an aircraft would balance if suspended.

DesignationFM 1-514

EditionApr 1991

StatusSuperseded

Pages68

FunctionAviation

CollectionRecent Archive

Public domain (U.S. Government work)

References 5

TM 55-4920-402-13Not in the Vault
FM 55-414Not in the Vault
TM 55-1500-344-23Not in the Vault
TM 55-15WNot in the Vault
TM 55-1500-335-23Not in the Vault