Download or read book Aircraft Powerplants: Powerplant Certification, Tenth Edition written by Thomas W. Wild and published by McGraw Hill Professional. This book was released on 2022-11-18 with total page 672 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The most comprehensive guide to aircraft powerplants―fully updated for the latest advances and regulations This up-to-date guide contains all the information you need to master the operation and maintenance of aircraft engines and achieve FAA Powerplant certification. The book offers plain-language explanations of all current engine components, mechanics, and technologies. This tenth edition features expanded coverage of turbine engine theory, operational procedures, maintainability, engine systems operation, and propeller systems. You will get new examples, exercises, and practice exam questions as well as revised content to align with 2022 FAA regulations. Hundreds of detailed diagrams and real-world examples throughout illustrate each topic. In addition, an up-to-date solutions manual is available online. Aircraft Powerplants: Powerplant Certification, Tenth Edition covers: Aircraft powerplant classification and progress Reciprocating-engine construction and nomenclature Internal-combustion engine theory and performance Induction, supercharger, and turbocharger systems Cooling, exhaust, and lubrication systems Basic fuel systems and carburetors Fuel injection systems Reciprocating-engine ignition and starting systems Operation, inspection, maintenance, and troubleshooting of reciprocating engines Reciprocating-engine overhaul practices Principal parts, construction, types, and nomenclature of gas-turbine engines Gas-turbine engine theory and jet propulsion principles and efficiencies Gas-turbine engine fuels and fuel systems Turbine-engine lubricants and lubricating systems Ignition and starting systems of gas-turbine engines Turbofan, turboprop, and turboshaft engines Gas-turbine operation, inspection, troubleshooting, maintenance, and overhaul Propeller theory, nomenclature, and operation Turbopropellers and control systems Propeller installation, inspection, and maintenance Engine indicating, warning, and control systems