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PCC/ CCOG / AMT

Course Content and Outcome Guide for AMT 120

Date:: 28-NOV-2011
Posted by:: Steven Phillips
Course Number:: AMT 120
Course Title:: Propellers & Engine Install
Credit Hours:: 4
Lecture hours:: 0
Lecture/Lab hours:: 90
Lab hours:: 0
Special Fee:: $24

Course Description

Examines propeller theory and repair within limitations imposed by FAA Regulation Part 65, plus control and auxiliary systems, such as anti-ice and synchronization. Unducted fan systems are explored and engine removal and installation are accomplished. Prerequisites: AMT 203, AMT 204, MTH 60 or with AMT Department Chair permission, the AMT department Math test with 70% or higher. Audit available.

Addendum to Course Description

This course is part of a Program designed to meet some of the requirements of the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) for certification of Aviation Mechanics, and approved by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). Upon completion of the Program, the student should be able to:

1. Meet the identified Degree and Certificate Outcomes identified in the document found at

http://www.pcc.edu/resources/academic/degree-outcome/amt.html as appropriate for coursework level completed.

2. Successfully complete FAA Knowledge testing, in a written test format, as identified in the document:

FAA-G-8082-3A - AVIATION MAINTENANCE TECHNICIAN—GENERAL, AIRFRAME, AND POWERPLANT KNOWLEDGE TEST GUIDE

3. Successfully complete FAA Knowledge and Skill testing, in an oral and practical test format, as identified in the following documents, as appropriate:

a. FAA-S-8081-26 -AVIATION MECHANIC GENERAL - Practical Test Standards

b. FAA-S-8081-27 – AVIATION MECHANIC AIRFRAME – Practical Test Standards

c. FAA-S-8081-28 – AVIATION MECHANIC POWERPLANT – Practical Test Standards

Intended Outcomes for the course

Upon successful completion students should be able to:

1. Identify and apply all current manufacturer service information, and other airworthiness requirements including airworthiness directives during the
performance of maintenance and inspection of aircraft fixed and variable pitch propellers.
2. Identify and apply acceptable aviation maintenance standards during the performance of aircraft reciprocating engine removal and installation, testing
and adjustment.

Course Activities and Design

Lecture/discussion/demonstration sessions and lab projects, supported by written instructional materials, will present to the student background knowledge needed at entry level for related aviation maintenance employment, and needed to perform the written, oral, and practical tests which are required for FAA certification of Aviation Mechanics. The assignment of four credit hours to this course indicates that students will be involved with the course content for approximately 120 hours. Class participants will be expected to invest time outside of the official scheduled class hours in their efforts to master the course content. For this course to be creditable toward the FAA authorized Certificate of Completion, the total hours recorded for the course must not be less than 90% of the hours offered during the module (typically 90 hours). Material missed by students during allowed absence will be made available to them in one or more ways, as selected by the instructor. The student is responsible for checking with the instructor following any absence, and for accessing the missed material that is made available.

Outcome Assessment Strategies

Evaluation methods include written and oral testing, attendance and class participation, and satisfactory completion of class projects. Evaluation levels will be at least those defined in FAR Part 147 Appendices and in this Course Content Guide. A letter grade of “C” (minimum 76%) or higher is required for this course to be creditable toward the FAA authorized Certificate of Completion.

Course Content (Themes, Concepts, Issues and Skills)

Course Content

A. Reciprocating Engines
    Install, troubleshoot, and remove reciprocating engines (in part).

K. Propellers
    Inspect, check, service, and repair propeller synchronizing and ice control systems.
    Identify and select propeller lubricants.
    Balance propellers.
    Repair propeller control system components.
    Inspect, check, service, and repair fixed-pitch, constant-speed, and feathering propellers, and propeller governing systems (in part).
    Install, troubleshoot, and remove propellers.
    Repair aluminum alloy propeller blades.

L. Unducted Fans
    Inspect and troubleshoot unducted fan systems and components.

Related Instruction

Computation

Hours: 3

Outcomes:

1. Identify and apply all current manufacturer service information, and other airworthiness requirements including airworthiness directives during the performance of maintenance and inspection of aircraft fixed and variable pitch propellers.

Activities:

Content (Activities, Skills, Concepts, etc.): provide details or specifics
· Students remove nicks from a propeller blade in Project #9 and use the math formulas found in the AC 43.13-1B and record the damage blade station, the blade radius, percent of the blade radius to repair, percent of reduction in width, blade width repair allowable, minimum blade width limit at repair location, suggested feathering ratio and determine if the damage is within limits or not airworthy.
· Calculations are written and each step explained to the instructor.

Communication

Hours: 12

Outcomes:

Activities:

Content (Activities, Skills, Concepts, etc.): provide details or specifics
· Students remove and re-install a counterweight propeller (Project #2),
· Disassemble and reassemble a counterweight propeller (Project #3),
· Disassemble and reassemble a Hydromatic Propeller (Project #5),
· Use a Universal Projector to check blade angle (Project #6),
· install and track a propeller (Project #7),
· Perform a feathering operation of a propeller on an running aircraft (Project #8),
· Disassemble and reassemble a propeller governor (Project #11),
· Explain the effects on airworthiness of numerous airworthiness directives (Project 15).
· All of the above projects involve oral questions about the process, nomenclature, safety, and airworthiness.

Human Relations

Hours: 7

Outcomes:

2. Identify and apply acceptable aviation maintenance standards during the performance of aircraft reciprocating engine removal and installation, testing
and adjustment.

Activities:

Content (Activities, Skills, Concepts, etc.): provide details or specifics
Project #12 - Students remove and replace a reciprocating engine and properly rig all the controls.
This is a team project which results in some instruction on the team concept and the students communicating extensively with each other, the tool room and the instructor.