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Deperdussin Monocoque, with wooden shell construction. Monocoque (/ ˈ m ɒ n ə k ɒ k,-k oʊ k / MON-ə-ko(h)k), also called structural skin, is a structural system in which loads are supported by an object's external skin, in a manner similar to an egg shell. The word monocoque is a French term for "single shell". [1]
The usual method of construction of an aircraft's fuselage at this time was to use a wire braced box-girder covered in fabric. The first use of monocoque construction in aviation is attributed to Eugene Ruchonnet, [2] [3] a Swiss marine engineer who had built an aircraft nicknamed the Cigare in 1911, [4] which had a fuselage constructed by building up several layers of thin wood, each ...
Four types of airframe construction: (1) Truss with canvas, (2) Truss with corrugate plate, (3) Monocoque construction, (4) Semi-monocoque construction. Modern airframe history began in the United States during the Wright Flyer's maiden flight, showing the potential of fixed-wing designs in aircraft.
The Van's Aircraft RV-7 of semi-monocoque construction. In this method, the exterior surface of the fuselage is also the primary structure. A typical early form of this (see the Lockheed Vega) was built using molded plywood, where the layers of plywood are formed over a "plug" or within a mold.
Zeppelin-Lindau (Dornier) D.I on trestle. The Dornier D.I was one of several designs by Claude Dornier to have an all-metal stressed skin [3] monocoque structure, [3] and it was the first fighter to feature such construction and although production was halted prior to the completion of any production versions, it was also the first aircraft with these features to go into production.
[7] [8] Beagle had retained the older construction method as development of monocoque techniques would have extended the design period; the Airedale itself took about four and a half months from starting on the design drawings to first flight. [9] However, the benefit of this was entirely lost by the subsequent protracted development period.
The monocoque sections were very early examples of double-skinned construction, with a smooth outer skin riveted to a longitudinally-corrugated inner skin. The detailed design was by W.T.Read . The complete fuselage was of round-cornered rectangular cross-section and quite slender, mounted between the wings.
Aircraft fabric covering is a term used for both the material used and the process of covering aircraft open structures. It is also used for reinforcing closed plywood structures. The de Havilland Mosquito is an example of this technique, as are the pioneering all-wood monocoque fuselages of certain World War I German aircraft like the LFG ...