AFOQT Aviation Information Questions With Complete Solutions

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