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Borescope Inspection Refresher

Illustrated, narrated refresher on engine and airframe borescope inspections, with worked examples.

For Part-66 Licensed Engineers and Part-145 Staff

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What it does

Thirty-seven illustrated, narrated slides: the EASA framework (AMC 145.A.30(f): an inspection, not NDT) and the FAA view, rigid, fibre-optic and video borescopes, tips and measurement, safety, ports and plugs, turning the engine and counting blades, compressor and hot section findings, damage terms and how limits work, worked examples (bird strike, overtemperature, volcanic ash), real airworthiness directives (LEAP-1A, Trent 1000, PT6A, AW139), airframe inspections, human factors, records and closing up. Includes an inspection lab, a quiz and a certificate of completion.

Individual app: each person uses it with their own account; your progress is saved to your account.

How to use it

  1. Open the Course tab and press ▶ to start the narration; use ‹ and › or swipe to move between slides, or tap a dot to jump to a slide.
  2. Set the narration Speed, tick Continue automatically if you want the slides to advance on their own, and press Show transcript to read the text.
  3. Open the Inspection lab tab to practise: find the blade in view, try the Decision trainer and work out when a re-inspection is due; press Example values to see it filled in.
  4. Open the Quiz tab, answer all 12 questions and press Check my answers; review the explanations and press Try again if you need a better score.
  5. The quiz opens once every slide has been on screen for at least the normal length of its narration; if you speed up the narration, the next slide starts when that time is reached.
  6. Open the Progress & certificate tab to see the slides viewed and your best score; once all slides are viewed and you score 80 % or more, the certificate carries the full name of your portal account.
  7. Press Download certificate (PDF) to save your certificate as a PDF file, or Print certificate to print it; use Print notes for the course notes and Download backup (.json) to keep a copy of your progress.

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