Title: Explain the uses of rubber, plastic, and wooden materials in an aircraft's structure.
Course: Aviation Maintenance Technology II (20114-II) > Section: Exploring Aircraft Materials and Processes

Explanation should include how each of the following materials is used:

- Rubber—in the form of rubber sheeting (for compressible gaskets) and packings or running seals in units that contain moving parts (e.g., actuating cylinders, pumps, and selector valves)
- Plastics—in the form of thermoplastic (e.g., windshields and side windows) and thermosetting resins and additives that strengthen other material compounds
- Composites—in the form of carbon fiber, fiberglass, Kevlar, etc.
- Wood—in the form of a wooden core (balsa) and bonded between two face sheets of fiberglass or metal, used in floors, wall panels, and aircraft skins and structures

ACS:

AM.I.E.K1

Process/Skill Questions:

- What are common plastics found in an aircraft?
- Where has wood been used, historically, in an aircraft’s structure?