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Airplanes and Their Parts: Npor. Eva Slovák Kubalová BRNO, 2014

This document discusses the different types and parts of aircraft. It describes various types of aircraft based on their purpose, such as fighters, bombers, transport planes, and helicopters. The main structures of aircraft are then outlined, including wings, fuselage, power units, undercarriage, and control surfaces. Wings can be low or high, rectangular or swept, and aircraft can have one, two, or three wings. The fuselage houses the cockpit and passenger areas. Power units can be piston engines, turboprops, jets, or turbofans, mounted on the wings or fuselage. Control surfaces include ailerons, elevators and rudders, which control the aircraft's roll, pitch and

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Airplanes and Their Parts: Npor. Eva Slovák Kubalová BRNO, 2014

This document discusses the different types and parts of aircraft. It describes various types of aircraft based on their purpose, such as fighters, bombers, transport planes, and helicopters. The main structures of aircraft are then outlined, including wings, fuselage, power units, undercarriage, and control surfaces. Wings can be low or high, rectangular or swept, and aircraft can have one, two, or three wings. The fuselage houses the cockpit and passenger areas. Power units can be piston engines, turboprops, jets, or turbofans, mounted on the wings or fuselage. Control surfaces include ailerons, elevators and rudders, which control the aircraft's roll, pitch and

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AIRPLANES AND THEIR

PARTS

npor. Eva Slovk Kubalov


BRNO, 2014

TYPES OF AIRCRAFT
PURPOSE (military only) :
FIGHTER used to fight other aircraft in the air
BOMBER drops bombs
GROUND ATTACK attacks targets on the
ground
TRANSPORT used to carry large quantities of
supplies or people
TRAINER to learn student pilots to fly
TANKER used to refuel other aircraft in the air
HELICOPTER a vertical take-off aircraft

AIRCRAFT
STRUCTURE
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

WINGS
FUSELAGE
POWER UNIT
UNDERCARRIAGE
CONTROL SURFACES

WINGS
The main distinguishing
features of an aircraft :
1.wing position
2.wing shape
3.wing number

WING POSITION
LOW WING

MID WING

HIGH WING

WING SHAPE
RECTANGULAR
TAPERED

SWEPT
DELTA

WING NUMBER
MONOPLANE
BIPLANE

TRIPLANE

FUSELAGE

FUSELAGE
can contains :
cockpit : flight and navigation
instruments, controls,
windshield
passenger cabins
galley
toilets
wardrobe
technical compartement

FUSELAGE
NOSE

EMPENNAGE / TAIL UNIT

POWER UNIT
The main distinguishing
features of an aircraft :
1.engine position
2.engine number

ENGINE POSITION
ON THE WINGS
WING PYLONS

ON THE

CLOSE TO THE FUSELAGE


REAR MOUNTED

ENGINE NUMBER
SINGLE ENGINE
ENGINE

TWIN

TRIPLE ENGINE
FOUR (MULTIPLE)
ENGINE

KINDS of ENGINES
PISTON

(PROPELLER)
TURBOPROP (PROPELLER
TURBINE)

JET
TURBOFAN

UNDERCARRIAGE
Types of landing gear :
NOSE WHEEL
MAIN LANDING GEAR
fixed
retractable
TAIL WHEEL

CONTROL SURFACES
1. WING :
FLAPS
AILERONS
2. TAIL UNIT :
RUDDER
ELEVATORS

WING
FLAPS

AILERONS

extended for approach,


landing and take-off to
increase the lift of the
wings at low speed

move
in
opposite
direction to bank/roll the
airplane (control stick to
R/L)

TAIL UNIT
RUDDER

ELEVATORS

hindged
to
the
stationary FIN to control
the yaw (L/R) of an
airplane (pedals)

hinged
to
the
HOROZONTAL
STABILIZER, move in
same direction to control
the pitch (up/down) of
the
airplane
(control
stick push/pull)

THANK YOU

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