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SLIDE FILMS
Aircraft Engine Operation. AAF-Castle.
FSl-72.
Gives procedures for starting up, wanning up,
ground testing, and stopping aircraft engines.
Aircraft Engine Troubles: Starting. AAFCastle. FSl-82. Aircraft engine starting difficulties are discussed under the heading of cold weather, carbiuretion, compression, ignition and starter.
Cold Weather Starting. Navy-Castle. SN144. Describes the effects of cold weather on oil, grease, fuel line and spark plugs, and outlines a definite procedure for starting an airplane engine in cold weather. The use of the electric immersion heater and the canvas engine wanner is explained.
Occupations in Aircraft Operation. 35si. Purchase: Vocational Guidance.
• An outline of vocational opportunities in the airplane field.
Power Plant Controls. (38 frames) 1943. CAA. Describes the two foremost types of power plant control systems. Shows the advantages and uses of each type. Explains how to adjust the operation of these controls.
Preflight Aeronautics Series. (3 kits, 24 titles) 35si. Purchase: Jam Handy.
• Pictures, charts, drawings, cross-sectional views and diagrams to provide ground school instruction for training pilots and navigators; regulations of CAA. Titles in each kit and total pictures in each film:
Kit One: 1. Men and Wings (55); 2. Today's
Wings (55) ; 3. Aircraft Regulation (37) ; 4. The
Pilot (51) ; 5. Traffic (62) ; 6. Radio and Control
(79).
Kit Two: 1. Lift and Drag (92) ; 2. Wing Forces
(88); 3. Stability (67); 4. Plane Performance
(112); 5. Check and Double Check (69) ; 6. The
Airplane Engine (63) ; 7. Fuel and Feed (91) ;
8. Airplane Ignition (63) ; 9. Engine Instruments
(44); 10. Parachutes (72).
Kit Three: 1. The Air Ocean (82) ; 2. Air Masses
(75) ; 3. Weather (78) ; 4. Air Pilotage (116) ;
5. Dead Reckoning (78) ; 6. Airway Aids (77) ;
7. Flight Instruments (112) ; 8. Pilot Problems
(24).
Tachometers & Synchronism Indicators.
AAF-Castle. FSl-26.
Operating principles of aircraft tachometers, with inspection and maintenance procedures. Application of systems of synchronization with use of tachometers on multiple-engine installations.
Propellers
MOTION PICTURES
Aircraft Propellers — Hamilton Hydromatic Propeller — Theory & Operation. (15 min) 16sd-f22.83. AAF-Castle. TFl-451.
A discussion of feathering and its advantages through the utilization of a variable pitch propallor. Models, diagrams, and actual views are combined to show the construction and mechanism of a variable pitch propeller. A discussion of constant speed operation. Ground checking and feathering in actual flight and in landing.
Airplane Propellers: Principles and Types.
(17 min) 16sd-$23.54. AAF-Castle. TFl-246.
Explains reasons for varying sizes and number
of blades on different aircraft, why a propeller is
twisted and why its angle is changed. Functions of fixed pitch, two-position, Hamilton Constant Speed, Hamilton Hydromatic, Curtiss Electric, and Aero Products propellers are shown.
Airscrew, The. (22 min) 16sd. BIS.
An account of the manufacture of all-metal propellers, from the raw materials to the finished product. Includes explanation of the variable pitch theory.
Keep 'Em Flying. (30 min) 16sd. Hamilton
Standard Propellers — Jam Handy.
The hydromatic propeller: models, diagrams, actual views of construction, and basic principles. Inspection and ground testing.
Servicing a Propeller. (18 min) 16sd-$30.01.
USOE-Castle. OE277.
Shows how to inspect and remove a propeller; how to repair damage to the metal edges; how to check the track and correct for out-of-track ; how to check horizontal and vertical balance and correct for out-of-balance ; and how to reinstall the propeller.
Working on Air. (18 min) 16sd. GM.
Development of a simpler and lighter constant speed propeller, production and use in combat.
SLIDE FILMS
Curtiss Electric Propeller Disassembly. Part I & II. (70 and 50 frames) Si. Loan: CAA.
• Part I deals with the power unit; Part II, with the hub and blades.
General Principles of the Propeller. AAFCastle. FSl-104. Describes function and operation of the aircraft
propeller. Explains thrust, pitch, angle, slip
feathering, and wind-milling. Traces development
of modern propeller.
Ground Adjustable Propellers. (55 frames) Si. Loan: CAA.
• Operation, installation, inspection, etc.
AIRCRAFT PRODUCTION
(See also Foundry & Forging, P. 34;
Machine Shop, P. 40; Materials &
Metals, P. 50; & Sheet Metal Shop,
P. 69)
Aircraft Alighting Gear
(See also Aircraft Maintenance, P. 13)
MOTION PICTIJR E^
Airplane Hydraulic Brakes: Principles of Operation. (20 min) 16sd-$26.41. AAFCastle. TFl-162. Explains the need for brakes on modern airplanes and the basic principles of the brake itself. Covers both independent and integral systems in detail, including their operation in the airplane.
Airplane Hydraulic Brakes: Types, Construction and Action. (30 min) 16sd-f37.26. AAF-Castle. TFl-305.
Displays the parts of the Bendix single servo and duo servo brakes, the Hayes single show, single servo and duo servo brakes, the Hayes single expander tube brakes, the Hayes double expander tube brakes and the Goodyear disc type brakes.
Overhauling the Carburetor
Airplane Structures: Alighting Gear. (10
min) 16sd-f 13.18. AAF-Castle. TFl-215.
Defines alighting gear; shows loads exerted; and explains principles of operation, component parts, and devices that warn pilots of alighting gear's position.
SLIDE FILMS
.Adjusting Mechanical Brakes. Navy-Castle.
SN1995 Describes preliminary checking of the brake system, adjusting the brake and the final adjustments of the brake hook-up.
Aircraft Assembling, Riveting and Welding
(See also W elding, P. 72)
MOTION PICTUR E~S
Assembling in a Jig (Drilling and Riveting).
(21 min) 16sd-$32.87. USOE-Castle. OE137.
Shows the procedure for drilling, burring, dimpling, riveting an aircraft sheet metal assembly, emphasizing (1) following a pattern in drilling, (2) fastening parts securely before riveting, (3) riveting procedures for long and short seams.
Assembling in a Jig (Fitting and Lining Up). (16 min) 16sd-$27.88. USOE-Castle.
OE136. Shows how aircraft sheet metal parts are assembled in a precision assembly jig, how aircraft sheet metal parts are fitted together and accurately lined up; how to use an awl for lining up; how to use skin fasteners; how to correct misaligned holes.
Blind Riveting. (15 min) 16sd-$27.15. USOECastle. OE294. Explains necessity for blind riveting. Shows
how to rivet parts that have partial accessibility;
how to rivet parts that are completely blind;
how to determine when rivet heads are properly
set; how to use the special tools and rivets in
blind riveting jobs.
Bomber. (10 min) 16sd— $14.09. Castle.
The manufacture, speed, and power of the B-26 Army bomber are portrayed. Commentary specially written by Carl Sandburg.
Dimpling and Countersinking. (21 min) 16sd-$32.87. USOE-Castle. OE139.
Shows how dimpling and countersinking pre
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INDEX OF TRAINING FILMS