Aircraft Structure Quiz 1 - ZEN

• Each structural component must be manufactured and accurately assembled to become the safe
• Aircraft have changed enormously over the last century from the early Wright Flyer flown at Kittyhawk

  to the supersonic SR-71 Blackbird flown today.
• developments in aeronautical engineering can be broken down into separate divisions that have

  developed at different rates:

  a)the aerodynamics

  b) power plant engineering

  c) control, radios and navigation aids

  d) airframe engineering

  e) the structural design
• What are the 4 common types of airplane fuselage?

  Truss Type

  Monocoque

  Semi-Monocoque

  Geodesic
• What are the missing parts?

  Skin

  Former

  
• Geodesic are those that feature a basket-like woven construction.

  Pioneered by Barnes Wallis in the 1930s. -
• The mechanical structure of an aircraft is known as the airframe.

  Frames
• The outer surface which covers much of its wings and fuselage.

  Aircraft Skin
• Are spar-like structures that run lengthwise of the airplane's fuselage or span wise of a wing.

  Longeron
• A physical partition that divides a plane into different classes or sections

  Bulkhead
• A thin strip of material to which the skin of the aircraft is fastened.

  Stringer