What does the aircraft structures basic construction consists of?
o :## The fuselage, wings, empennage, landing gear, and powerplants.
What should the bearing strength of the sheet metal and the shear strength of the rivet
be?
o :## relatively equal
True or False: the shear strength of the ri...
AFAB 115 Final Study Guide Questions and Answers
What does the aircraft structures basic construction consists of?
o :## The fuselage, wings, empennage, landing gear, and powerplants.
What should the bearing strength of the sheet metal and the shear strength of the rivet
be?
o :## relatively equal
True or False: the shear strength of the rivet must be greater than the bearing strength of
the sheet metal
o :## True
What are the parts of an aircraft structure designed to carry loads and or stresses called?
o :## structural members
What is a spar?
o :## The wings principle structural member
What are the Ailerons, Rudder, and Elevator?
o :## The three Primary flight Control Surfaces of an aircraft
What are the three secondary control surfaces?
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o :## The Slats, Spoilers, and Flaps.
What are the purposes of Slats and Flaps?
o :## To increase the camber of a wing, and increase lift at slower speeds
What is the purpose of spoilers?
o :## To slow the aircraft and disrupt the lift of an airfoil.
What are structural supports that are under the aircraft skin?
o :## Longerons, bulkheads, and stringers
True or False: Longerons do not run the entire length of the aircraft fuselage.
o :## False.
(They do run the entire length)
What are are tension, compression, torsion, shear, and bending?
o :## The five major stresses that act on an aircraft
What is strength?
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