Alex Private Pilot Airplane

Question 1

Fuselage

Answer 1

The fuselage of an airplane houses the cabin and/or cockpit which contains the seats for the occupants and the controls for the airplane. The fuselage can also provide room for cargo and attachment points for the other major airplane components.

Question 2

Open Truss Structure

Answer 2

Most early aircraft structures utilized an open truss structure. Aircraft employing open truss construction can be identified by the clearly visible struts and wire-braced wings

Question 3

Stressed Skin

Answer 3

As technology progressed, the aircraft designers began to enclose the truss members to streamline the airplane and improve performance. This was originally accomplished with cloth fabric, which eventually gave way to lightweight metals, such as aluminum. Insome cases, the outside skin can support all, or a portion, of flight loads. Most modern aircraft use a form of stressed skin structure is known as monocoque or semi-monocoque construction.

Question 4

Stressed skin structure

Answer 4

stressed skin structure is known as monocoque or semi-monocoque construction.

Question 5

Open truss construction

Answer 5

Open truss construction was common to many early aircraft.

Question 6

Monocoque

Answer 6

The monocoque design uses the skin to support almost all imposed loads. this structure can be very strong, but cannot tolerate dents or deformationof the surface. Due to the limitations of the monocoque design, a semi-monocoque structure is used on many of today’s aircrafts.

Question 7

Semi-Monocoque

Answer 7

The semimonocoque system uses a substructure riveted to the airplane’s skin to maintain the shape of the airframe and increase its strength.

Question 8

Semi-Monocoque

Answer 8

Semi-monocoque construction incorporates a substructure for added strength.

Question 9

Wings

Answer 9

When air flows around the wings ofan airplane, it generates a force called lift that helps the airplane fly. Wings are contoured to take maximum advantage of this force, and may be attached at the top, middle, or lower portion of the fuselage. These designs are referred to as high-, mid-, and low-wing, respectively the number of wings can also vary.

Question 10

Lift

Answer 10

When air flows around the wings of an airplane, it generates a force called lift that helps the airplane fly.

Question 11

Monoplanes

Answer 11

Airplanes with a single set of wings

Question 12

Biplanes

Answer 12

Airplanes with two sets of wings