Turbine Aeroplane Structures & Systems

Aeroplane aerodynamics and flight controls, stability, and high-speed (compressibility/Mach) flight.

Structural classification, safe-life/fail-safe/damage-tolerance, stressed-skin construction and load types.

Fuselage, wings, stabilisers, flight-control surfaces and nacelles/pylons.

Air supply, the air-cycle machine, pressurisation control by the outflow valve, and safety/warning devices.

Pitot-static and gyroscopic instruments, EFIS/EICAS, and the communication, navigation and surveillance avionics.

AC/DC generation (IDG/CSD, TRUs, batteries, RAT), distribution, load management and protection.

Cabin interior, cargo restraint and emergency equipment including slides, rafts and the ELT.

Fire and overheat detection, extinguishing systems and agents, and the engine fire handle logic.

Primary and secondary controls, hydraulic power control units and fly-by-wire with envelope protection.

Storage and venting, boost pumps and crossfeed, capacitance quantity indication and CG management.

Fluid, pumps and reservoirs, accumulators, multiple independent systems and the power transfer unit.

Thermal anti-ice, pneumatic de-ice boots, electrical probe/windshield heating and rain removal.

The oleo-pneumatic strut, retraction/extension, wheels, brakes and anti-skid, steering and air/ground sensing.

External/internal lighting, crew and passenger oxygen systems, and potable-water and vacuum-waste systems.

Bleed-air sources and distribution, its uses, leak detection, and vacuum systems.

On-board maintenance systems (OMS/CMC), integrated modular avionics (IMA), cabin systems and information systems.

Timed EASA-style Category B1 paper across all sixteen topic areas, 140 questions in 175 minutes, 75% to pass.