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  2. Airframe - Wikipedia

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    The mechanical structure of an aircraft is known as the airframe. [1] This structure is typically considered to include the fuselage , undercarriage , empennage and wings , and excludes the propulsion system .

  3. Aerostructure - Wikipedia

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    An aerostructure is a component of an aircraft's airframe. This may include all or part of the fuselage, wings, or flight control surfaces.Companies that specialize in constructing these components are referred to as "aerostructures manufacturers", though many larger aerospace firms with a more diversified product portfolio also build aerostructures.

  4. Components of jet engines - Wikipedia

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    The valves used to control the airflow are usually electrically controlled. They automatically close at a pre-determined speed. As part of the starting sequence on some engines, fuel is combined with the supplied air and burned instead of using just air. This usually produces more power per unit weight.

  5. Fuselage - Wikipedia

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    The geodetic airframe of a Vickers Wellington, visible as a result of damage sustained to the fuselage skin on the aircraft's tail. Geodesic structural elements were used by Barnes Wallis for British Vickers between the wars and into World War II to form the whole of the fuselage, including its aerodynamic shape. In this type of construction ...

  6. Glossary of aerospace engineering - Wikipedia

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    Aerostructure – is a component of an aircraft's airframe. This may include all or part of the fuselage, wings, or flight control surfaces. Aft-crossing trajectory – is an alternate flight path for a rocket.

  7. Flight control surfaces - Wikipedia

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    It is a main part of their patent on flying. [1] Unlike modern control surfaces, they used wing warping. [2] In an attempt to circumvent the Wright patent, Glenn Curtiss made hinged control surfaces, the same type of concept first patented some four decades earlier in the United Kingdom. Hinged control surfaces have the advantage of not causing ...

  8. Rib (aeronautics) - Wikipedia

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    Wing ribs of a de Havilland DH.60 Moth. In an aircraft, ribs are forming elements of the airframe structure of a wing, especially in traditional construction.. By analogy with the anatomical definition of "rib", the ribs attach to the main spar, and by being repeated at frequent intervals, form a skeletal shape for the wing.

  9. Category:Aircraft components - Wikipedia

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