Chapter 2 Flashcards
Fuselage
Houses cabin and/or cockpit which contains seats for occupants and the controls for the airplane. May also provide room for cargo.
Open truss structure
Visible struts and wire-braced wings.
Stressed Skin
Material covering fuselage
Monocoque
Uses skin to support almost all imposed loads. Can’t tolerate any dents or deformations to surface.
Semi-monocoque
Uses a subframe riveted to the airplane’s skin to maintain the shape of the airplane and increase its strength.
Monoplane
Single set of wings.
Biplane
Plane with two sets of wings.
Ailerons
Extend from midpoint to tip of wing. Cause plane to turn.
Ex. Left turn= left aileron up, right down
Flaps
Extend from fuselage to middle of plane. When flaps are extended they increase lift force. Used for take off and landing.
Empennage
Consists of vertical and horizontal stabilizer.
Rudder
Attached to back of vertical stabilizer. Moves nose left or right.
Elevator
On horizontal stabilizer. Moves nose up and down.
Stabilator
One-piece horizontal stabilizer. Used in lieu of an elevator.
Trim Tab
Used to help minimize your workload by aerodynamically helping you move a control surface, or maintain surface in desired position.
Anti-servo tab
Gives stabilator a control “feel” similar to what you would feel with elevator. May over control plane so be careful.
Main Wheels
Located on either side of fuselage.
Conventional Landing Gear
Rear-mounted landing gear.
Tailwheel
Same as conventional landing gear
Nose wheel
Third wheel at nose of plane.
Tricycle Gear
Nosewheel
Fixed gear
Fixed landing gear. Simplistic, low cost, and lighter.
Retractable gear
Streamlines the airplane. Increased weight and cost.
Oleo Strut
Uses a piston enclosed in a cylinder with oil and compressed air to absorb the bumps and jolts encountered during landing and taxiing operations.
Disc Brakes
Used on typical training airplane.