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fixed-wing aircraft structure 1. Fuselage 2. Wings 3. Tail assembly or empennage 4. Landing gear 5. Powerplant 6. Flight instruments/controls and control surfaces fuselage 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. cockpit from which the pilots and the flight crew control the aircraft's operations Two design types of fuselage construction 1. truss 2. monocoqueTruss construction fuselages use steel or aluminum tubing in a series of triangular shapes (called trusses) to get the necessary strength and rigidity monocoque designs 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 wings airfoils attached to each side of the fuselage that serve as the main lifting surfaces supporting the airplane in flight. airfoil an aircraft part or surface (such as wing, propeller blade, or rudder) that controls lift, direction, stability, thrust, or propulsion for the aircraft. monoplanes airplanes with one set of wings biplanes airplanes with two sets of wi
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