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Aircraft Construction
READING ASSIGNMENT
PHAK Chapter 3 – Aircraft Construction
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Study Questions
1. An aircraft is a device that
a) carries 30 or more passengers on a scheduled route of travel.
b) has a powerplant, and navigates in two-dimensions.
c) is used, or intended to be used, for flight.
2. What term do federal regulations define as an engine-driven, fixed-wing aircraft that is supported in flight by the
dynamic reaction of air against its wings?
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3. Determine the proper aviation term for each of the following common terms:
Body of the airplane _____________________________________________________

Tail of the airplane _____________________________________________________
Wheels _____________________________________________________
Motor _____________________________________________________
4. What term is used to refer to wings attached to the top portion of the fuselage, as in a Cessna 172?
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5. What are the external braces or cross-members that help transmit flight and landing loads from the wings to the
fuselage called?
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6. The ailerons are located

a) in front of the wing spar, and behind the fuel tanks.
b) on the trailing edges of the wings, from about the midpoint outward toward the tip.
c) in the empennage, as part of the horizontal stabilizer.
7. Flaps are used to increase the lifting force of the wings during
___________________________________ and ___________________________________ .
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? 8. Why do you think most airplanes have horizontal and vertical stabilizers?
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9. During flight, movement of the rudder will cause the nose of the aircraft to move
a) forward and back.
b) left and right.
c) up and down.
10. What are the small, movable portions of the trailing edge of the elevator or rudder that are used to reduce
control pressures called?
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11. Other than wheels, name two other types of landing gear used to land aircraft on different surfaces.
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12. Where is the third wheel located on an airplane equipped with tricycle landing gear?
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? 13. Identify a use for each of the types of power that are generated by an aircraft powerplant?
Heat _____________________________________________________
Electrical power _____________________________________________________
Rotational power _____________________________________________________
Vacuum power _____________________________________________________
14. Some of the first airplanes had open trusses for structural support. As technology progressed, why did aircraft
designers begin to enclose the trusses with skin?
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15. In a monocoque design, almost all of the imposed loads on the aircraft are supported by
a) the main landing gear.
b) the skin.
c) maintenance personel.
16. The structural design that uses stressed skin reinforced with a substructure of bulkheads, formers, and stringers
is known as
a) hybrid design.
b) the Warren truss system.
c) semi-monocoque construction.
? 17. What heat-resistant panel protects the pilot and passenger from engine heat and accidental engine fires?
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18. Although many composite materials are lighter than metal or wood, what is a more important advantage of
using composites in aircraft construction?
a) The same materials can be used for building both the airframe and the engine.
b) Composite materials are better at showing visual proof of damage to the underlying structure.
c) They allow for very smooth, compound curved, aerodynamic structures that reduce drag.
19. To protect against the potential for heat damage, composite airplanes often have
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a) specific recommendations on allowable paint colors.
b) much lower engine power and throttle limitations.
c) prohibitions against use on hot summer afternoons.
20. To channel lightning strikes away from the aircraft’s avionics and fuel systems, designers of composite body
aircraft typically include
a) fine metal meshes bonded to the skin surface.
b) anti-static fluid reservoirs.
c) “micro-holes” that allow charged particles to pass through without resistance.
21. In an aircraft with an electronic flight display, which screen is installed in front of the pilot position and shows all
of the primary flight instruments (altimeter, airspeed indicator, attitude indicator, etc.)?
a) PFD.
b) MFD.
c) XM7.
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Answers to Study Questions

1. c 12. under the nose
2. airplane 13. warms the cabin for passengers and can remove
3. fuselage ice from windshields and carburetors
empennage runs lights, radios, electric motors, and some
landing gear gauges
powerplant turns the propeller
drives some gyroscopic flight instruments
4. high-wing
14. to streamline the airplane and improve
5. wing struts performance
6. b 15. b
7. takeoffs 16. c
landings
17. the firewall
8. to help the airplane hold a stable flight attitude
18. c
9. b
19. a
10. trim tabs
20. a
11. floats and skis
21. a
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