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Aircraft Types
Aircraft Types
CHARECTERSATICS
Types of airplane and their
uses
Commercial airplane
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Types of airplane and their
uses
Experimental aircraft
Major Parts of Airplane
EMPENNA
GE
FUSELAGE
WING
ENGINE
Parts of an Airplane
Fuselage:
Basic structure of the
airplane to which wings,
empennage and landing
gear are attached.
It is designed to hold
passengers, crews & cargo.
Parts of an Airplane
Empennage (tail):
Consists of vertical stabilizer
& horizontal stabilizer.
It provides the greatest
stabilizing influence of all the
components of an airplane.
Parts of an Airplane
Engine:
Provides the thrust
necessary for powered flight.
The types of engine depends
on the mission requirements
of the airplane.
Parts of an Airplane
Wing
The wing is an airfoil attached to the
fuselage and is designed to produce
lift.
It may contain fuel cells, engine
nacelles and landing gear.
Airplane control surfaces (aileron,
flaps, slat and spoiler) also attached
it.
Wing
Landing gear :
The landing gear can be fixed in place
or retractable.
Most planes today use what is called a
tricycle landing gear arrangement.
This system has two large main gear
units located near the middle of the
plane and a single smaller nose gear
unit near the nose of the aircraft.
Cock pit
Parts of an Airplane- Cabin
Elevator
Rudder
Primary Control Surfaces