Generalities on bundles

Some definitions and facts:

π:EM,

see @saunders1989geometry page 2.
By the canonical submersion theorem, we can use in E adapted coordinate systems, that is, if dim(E)=q+p and dim(M)=q we can use in E coordinates

(xi,ua):UERq+p; i=1q,a=1p

such that for a,bU with π(a)=π(b) we have

xi(a)=xi(b) tp:π1(Wp)Wp×Fp

a diffeomorphism such that

pr1tp=π|π1(Wp)

It can be shown that Fp is always the same, let's say F (see @saunders1989geometry page 7), and is called the typical fibre.


Alternative approach: the G-bundles