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Answers | Latest Update 2026/2027
Question: fixed-wing aircraft structure
Answer: 1. Fuselage
2. Wings
3. Tail assembly or empennage
4. Landing gear
5. Powerplant
6. Flight instruments/controls and control surfaces
Question: fuselage
Answer: body of an airplane. Contains the cockpit, the cabin, the cargo area if there is one, and attachment
points for other major airplane components, such as wings, tail section, and landing gear.
Question: cockpit
Answer: from which the pilots and the flight crew control the aircraft's operations
Question: Two design types of fuselage construction
Answer: 1. truss
2. monocoque
Question: Truss construction fuselages
Answer: use steel or aluminum tubing in a series of triangular shapes (called trusses) to get the necessary
strength and rigidity
Question: monocoque designs
Answer: use bulkheads, stringers, (running the length of the fuselage) and formers (perpendicular to stringers)
of various sizes and shapes to support a stretched or "stressed" skin
Question: wings
Answer: airfoils attached to each side of the fuselage that serve as the main lifting surfaces supporting the
airplane in flight.
Question: airfoil
Answer: an aircraft part or surface (such as wing, propeller blade, or rudder) that controls lift, direction,
stability, thrust, or propulsion for the aircraft.
Question: monoplanes
Answer: airplanes with one set of wings
Question: biplanes
Answer: airplanes with two sets of wings
Question: cantilever wing
Answer: requires no external bracing, getting its support from internal wing spars, ribs, and stringers, as well
as the construction of the wing's skin or covering
, Question: semi-cantilever wing
Answer: requires both internal bracing and external support from struts attached to the fuselage
Question: ailerons
Answer: extend from about the middle of the wing out toward the wingtip; they move in opposite directions to
create aerodynamic forces that cause the airplane to roll
Question: flaps
Answer: extend outward from near where the wing joins the fuselage (called the wing root) to about the middle
of the wing's trailing edge. The flaps are usually flush with the rest of the wing surface when cruising flight;
when they are extended, the flaps move downward together to increase the lift of the wing for takeoffs and
landings. Most common high lift devices.
Question: chord line
Answer: the distance from the leading edge of the wing to the trailing edge. Cuts the airfoil into an upper
surface and a lower surface
Question: mean camber line
Answer: if we plot the points that lie halfway between the upper and lower surfaces, we obtain a curve called
the mean camber line.
Question: camber
Answer: the maximum difference between the the mean camber line and the chord line. A measure of the
curvature of the airfoil.
Question: thickness
Answer: the maximum difference between the upper and lower surfaces
Question: wingtips
Answer: the ends of the wings
Question: wingspan
Answer: the distance from one wingtip to the other
Question: a planform
Answer: the shape of the wing viewed from above
Question: dihedral angle
Answer: when the left and right wings aren't truly horizontal to the fuselage, but instead meet at this angle.
Built into the design for roll stability; a wing with some dihedral will naturally return to its original position if it
encounters a slight displacement
Question: Three basic wing types on modern airplanes
Answer: 1. straight
2. Sweep
3. Delta
Answers | Latest Update 2026/2027
Question: fixed-wing aircraft structure
Answer: 1. Fuselage
2. Wings
3. Tail assembly or empennage
4. Landing gear
5. Powerplant
6. Flight instruments/controls and control surfaces
Question: fuselage
Answer: body of an airplane. Contains the cockpit, the cabin, the cargo area if there is one, and attachment
points for other major airplane components, such as wings, tail section, and landing gear.
Question: cockpit
Answer: from which the pilots and the flight crew control the aircraft's operations
Question: Two design types of fuselage construction
Answer: 1. truss
2. monocoque
Question: Truss construction fuselages
Answer: use steel or aluminum tubing in a series of triangular shapes (called trusses) to get the necessary
strength and rigidity
Question: monocoque designs
Answer: use bulkheads, stringers, (running the length of the fuselage) and formers (perpendicular to stringers)
of various sizes and shapes to support a stretched or "stressed" skin
Question: wings
Answer: airfoils attached to each side of the fuselage that serve as the main lifting surfaces supporting the
airplane in flight.
Question: airfoil
Answer: an aircraft part or surface (such as wing, propeller blade, or rudder) that controls lift, direction,
stability, thrust, or propulsion for the aircraft.
Question: monoplanes
Answer: airplanes with one set of wings
Question: biplanes
Answer: airplanes with two sets of wings
Question: cantilever wing
Answer: requires no external bracing, getting its support from internal wing spars, ribs, and stringers, as well
as the construction of the wing's skin or covering
, Question: semi-cantilever wing
Answer: requires both internal bracing and external support from struts attached to the fuselage
Question: ailerons
Answer: extend from about the middle of the wing out toward the wingtip; they move in opposite directions to
create aerodynamic forces that cause the airplane to roll
Question: flaps
Answer: extend outward from near where the wing joins the fuselage (called the wing root) to about the middle
of the wing's trailing edge. The flaps are usually flush with the rest of the wing surface when cruising flight;
when they are extended, the flaps move downward together to increase the lift of the wing for takeoffs and
landings. Most common high lift devices.
Question: chord line
Answer: the distance from the leading edge of the wing to the trailing edge. Cuts the airfoil into an upper
surface and a lower surface
Question: mean camber line
Answer: if we plot the points that lie halfway between the upper and lower surfaces, we obtain a curve called
the mean camber line.
Question: camber
Answer: the maximum difference between the the mean camber line and the chord line. A measure of the
curvature of the airfoil.
Question: thickness
Answer: the maximum difference between the upper and lower surfaces
Question: wingtips
Answer: the ends of the wings
Question: wingspan
Answer: the distance from one wingtip to the other
Question: a planform
Answer: the shape of the wing viewed from above
Question: dihedral angle
Answer: when the left and right wings aren't truly horizontal to the fuselage, but instead meet at this angle.
Built into the design for roll stability; a wing with some dihedral will naturally return to its original position if it
encounters a slight displacement
Question: Three basic wing types on modern airplanes
Answer: 1. straight
2. Sweep
3. Delta
