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AVIA 101 - FM1 > Airframes > Flashcards

Airframes Flashcards

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Fuselage Types - Truss Type

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  • Frame of wood beams or metal tubes, bolted or welded
  • Used on older style aircraft
  • Frames covered with fabric, metal, or composite
  • Frame carries load and fuselage stresses
  • Two types are “Warren” and “N Girder”
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Fuselage Types - Monocoque

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  • Stressed Skin Structure, skin carries SOME of the load
  • Perfect Stressed Skin means the skin carries ALL of the load
  • Formers maintain shape
  • Bulkheads carry load
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Fuselage Types - Semi Monocoque

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  • Combination of stressed skin and formers or frame system
  • Has a firewall
  • Cessna 172
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Wing Terms - Chord

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Straight Line from leading to trailing edge

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Wing Terms - Camber

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Upper Curvature of the wing

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Wing Terms - Span

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Distance from wingtip to wingtip

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Wing Terms - Wing Root

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Inboard section of wing closest to fuselage

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Wing Terms - Load Factor

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Actual weight being imposed vs weight of aircraft

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Construction Terms - Spars

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  • Bars that run from wing root to tip (parallel to wing)
  • Carry most of the load in flight
  • Prevent torsion
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Construction Terms - Ribs

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Give shape to the wing

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Construction Terms - False Ribs

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Smaller ribs placed between leading edge and front spar

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Construction Terms - Drag/Anti-Drag Wires

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Provide additional support to the wing

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Construction Terms - External Struts

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External bracing from the fuselage to the wing to provide additional support (C172)

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Construction Terms - Wing Tip Bow

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Curved metal tube giving wingtip its shape

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Construction Terms - Compression Struts

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Steel Tubes placed between spars to prevent compression/distortion of the wing

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Semi Cantilever Wing

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Bracing supported by external struts (C172)

17
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Full Cantilever Wing

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No external bracing (Seminole)

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Nose Wheel Gear Advantages

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  • Greater Visibility over nose while taxiing
  • Nose over tendencies eliminated
  • Greater maneuverability on ground
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Tail Wheel Gear Advantages

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  • Less Drag
  • Cheaper and Easier to build and maintain
  • Will sustain less prop damage
  • More suitable for ski operations
20
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Forms of Shock Absorbers

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  • Low Pressure Tires
  • Oleo (traditional shock absorber)
  • Rubber discs or doughnuts
  • Steel Spring
21
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Brakes - What to watch for

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  • Leave parking brake off if chocked
  • Hydraulic leak around main gear (red puddle)
  • Cracks in pads
  • Rusting over long periods due to lack of use

AVIA 101 - FM1 (17 decks)

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