Components
The maintenance building blocks of an aircraft — engines, propellers and the like — each with check thresholds that drive airworthiness alerts.
What it is
Components are the maintenance building blocks that make up an aircraft — engines, propellers, glass cockpits, parachutes and similar parts. Each component carries its own maintenance check thresholds, expressed by hours or by date, so the system knows when a part is approaching its inspection or replacement limit.
This matters because airworthiness is rarely about the airframe alone. A glider may be fine while its parachute repack is overdue; an engine may need an overhaul long before the rest of the plane. Tracking components separately keeps each obligation visible and turns them into the airworthiness alerts you see on the dashboard, so nothing slips past its limit unnoticed.
How to use it
- Define component types — set up reusable component definitions at
/aircraft-components/definitions(engine, propeller, parachute and so on). - Configure checks — manage the inspection intervals per component at
/aircraft-components/checks, in hours or by date. - Watch the dashboard — these thresholds feed the airworthiness alerts, so review the dashboard to catch items nearing their limit.
- Attach to aircraft — components belong to the aircraft they’re fitted to, keeping each plane’s maintenance picture complete.
Related
- Aircraft — the planes these components belong to.
- Categories & Types — how the fleet is classified above the component level.
- Dashboard — where component checks surface as airworthiness alerts.