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Lesson 13: Aircraft Structures And Flight Controls

Lesson 13: Aircraft Structures And Flight Controls. Aircraft Structures. Truss-type Structures Had struts and wire-braced wings Occupants sat in open cockpits Cockpits fabric-covered Stressed-skin Structures All of the structural loads are carried by the skin. Thin wood skin

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Lesson 13: Aircraft Structures And Flight Controls

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  1. Lesson 13: Aircraft Structures And Flight Controls

  2. Aircraft Structures • Truss-type Structures • Had struts and wire-braced wings • Occupants sat in open cockpits • Cockpits fabric-covered • Stressed-skin Structures • All of the structural loads are carried by the skin. • Thin wood skin • Or aluminum-alloy sheets

  3. Aircraft Structures • Monocoque • Virtually no internal framework • Semi-monocoque • Internal arrangement of formers and stringers is used to provide additional rigidity and strength to the skin.

  4. Semi-monocoque

  5. Airframe Units: • Fuselage • Wings • Stabilizers • Flight control surfaces • Landing gear

  6. Airframe Units: Vertical Stabilizer Horizontal Stabilizer Rudder Elevator Cowling Flap Aileron

  7. Structural Loads/Stress • Five Types Of Stress • Tension • Compression • Bending force • Torsion • Shear force

  8. Structural Loads/Stress

  9. Structural Loads/Stress • Deformation • Nonpermanent Deformation • Deformation disappears when the load is removed. • Permanent Deformation • Wrinkles observed on top of wing and bottom of horizontal stabilizer. • Stretch marks on the bottom of the wing or top o the stabilizer. (positive g’s)

  10. Materials For Aircraft Construction • Wood • Aluminum Alloys • Honeycomb • Magnesium • Stainless Steel

  11. Materials For Aircraft Construction

  12. Structures

  13. Structures • Wing Construction Truss-type

  14. Structures • Stressed-skin Wing Construction

  15. Cantilever Wing

  16. Control Surface Construction

  17. Control Surface Construction • Control Surface Flutter • Control Surface must be mass balanced so that their center of gravity does not fall behind their hinge line.

  18. Fuselage Construction • Truss Fuselage construction • Pratt truss • Warren truss • Stressed-skin Structure • Monocoque • Semi - Monocoque • Pressurized Structure

  19. Flight Controls

  20. Flight Controls

  21. Pitch Control • Elevators • Sole function is to change the angle of attack of the airplane, which alters its speed, lift and drag.

  22. Pitch Control

  23. Pitch Control • Stabilator • All-movable tail • Anti-servo tab • Ruddervators • Provides both longitudinal and directional stabilization and control.

  24. Lateral Or Roll Control • Ailerons • Rolling action produced is the primary method of lateral control on most aircraft.

  25. Lateral Or Roll Control

  26. Directional Control • Adverse aileron yaw • The aileron that moves downward creates lift and induced drag. • Induced drag pulls the nose of the airplane around in the direction opposite the way the airplane should turn.

  27. Directional Control • Rudder • Rotates the airplane about its vertical axis (Yawing) • Also provides a form of roll control because the application of rudder causes yaw which will induce a roll.

  28. Directional Control

  29. Trim Controls

  30. Trim Controls • Trim Tabs • Balance Tab • Anti-Servo Tab • Servo Tab • Spring Tab • Adjustable Stabilizer

  31. Trim Tabs

  32. Balance Tab

  33. Anti-Servo Tab

  34. Servo Tab • Used on large aircraft when the control forces are too great for the pilot to manually move. • Flight control column moves the tab on the control surface and this aerodynamically moves the main control surface.

  35. Adjustable Stabilizer

  36. Fixed Trim Tab

  37. Aerodynamically Balanced Control Surface • Overhang deflects to the opposite side of the fuselage from the main rudder surface to produce an aerodynamic force that aids the pilot.

  38. Stall Strip and Vortex Generators

  39. Auxiliary Lift Devices

  40. Flaps • Change the camber of the wing and increase both its lift and drag for and given angle of attack • Moved by cables form an electric motor driven jackscrew.

  41. Flaps

  42. Leading Edge Devices • Delays the the airflow separation caused by a stall to a higher angle of attack. • Increases the energy of the air flowing over the surface.

  43. Fixed Slot

  44. Movable Slat

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