CAA NZ AME Licence Exam - Rotorcraft study guide
CAA NZ AME Licence Exam - Rotorcraft · Work through your exam, one topic at a time.
This page is an independent study resource for candidates preparing for the Civil Aviation Authority of New Zealand (CAA) Aircraft Maintenance Engineer Licence examination in the rotorcraft category. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or operated by the CAA, and it does not reproduce any official question bank. The CAA NZ AME Licence Exam - Rotorcraft study guide has 4 sections and about 1,211 words.
01Rotorcraft Airframe Systems and Structures
Rotorcraft airframe questions test whether you can connect the rotor head, control system, transmission and structure into one load path. The exam favours system understanding over part naming: what moves, what limits the movement, and what failure mode follows.
312 words, about 2 min02Rotorcraft Engines and Engine Systems
Rotorcraft engine questions centre on turboshaft behaviour: how the gas generator and power turbine are coupled, which limits protect them, and how starting and power checks are judged. A free-turbine engine has a gas generator (compressor, combustor, N1 turbine) driving a separate power turbine (N2) through aerodynamic coupling; the power turbine drives the main gearbox through a freewheel unit.
306 words, about 2 min03Rotorcraft Electrical, Avionics and Instrument Systems
Electrical, avionics and instrument questions test the 28 V DC distribution, engine and rotor indication, pitot-static systems, and the checks that keep avionics legal and reliable. Most helicopters use 28 V DC: battery, starter-generator or alternator with rectifier, master relay, split bus and avionics bus.
282 words, about 1 min04Aviation Maintenance Practices, Regulations and Human Factors
Maintenance practice questions test the licence boundary: what an AME may certify, which documents make a helicopter airworthy, and how human factors cause real errors. In New Zealand, Part 66 sets AME licence categories and type ratings; Part 43 sets general maintenance rules and release requirements; Part 145 organisations hold maintenance approvals.
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