Basic Parts of an Air-Plane

• Travelling machines that are manufactured to shift humans and goods from

one location to another.

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• Air-Planes are of different sizes and shapes according to the need & desire.

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• Air-Plane has to lift its own weight, fuel, passengers and luggage.

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• Wings

• Generator engines

• Propellers

• Stabilizer

• Hinges

• Rudder

• Elevator

• Spoilers

• Slats

• Fuselage

• Aileron

• Landing Gear

A Short description of each part is given in next slides.

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• Wings provides most of the lift to the air-plane

• Wings propels the air back of the plane

• Winglets are often used with wings to avoid drag force

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• Engines are placed below the wings that produce the strength to get over

drag force and push the Air-plane onward in air.

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• A Propeller “Lifts” an Airplane Forward. It has shape just like of a

spinning wing.

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• Two type of Stabilizers

(I) – Horizontal (II) – Vertical

Stabilizers keeps the balance of the Air-plane.

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• The hinged section of the perpendicular stabilizer is known as the rudder.

• It deflects the tail left or right.

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• The hinged section of the perpendicular stabilizer is known as the rudder.

• It deflects the tail left or right.

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Aileron

• The outboard hinged section of the wing known as the aileron; it is useful

to turn the wings from side to side.

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• Spoilers are tiny plates which are accustomed to interrupt the movement

over the wing.

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Flaps

• The wings possess extra hinged, back segments close to the system which

are named flaps.

• It boost the quantity of force made by the wing.

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Slats

• Slats are utilized at takeoff and landing to generate extra power.

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Fuselage

• The main part of the air-craft which contains passengers, crew and luggage.

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Fighter Air Plane

• Fighter Air-plane has some additional modifications such as engines are

hidden in the fuselage, flat stabilizer and elevator into only

one stabilator covering.

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