Aircraft Structures

Question 1

Aerial

Answer 1

a device used to navigate the aircraft by using radio frequencies. Synonym for antenna.

Question 2

Ailerons

Answer 2

function is to roll the aeroplane. This banks the aeroplane left or right. On the wing, moves Up and Down

Question 3

Antenna

Answer 3

a device used to navigate the aircraft by using radio frequencies. Synonym for aerial.

Question 4

Blades

Answer 4

A part of a propeller; it produces thrust.

Question 5

Cargo hold

Answer 5

Holds passenger’s luggage.

Question 6

Chord line

Answer 6

An imaginary line between the leading edge and the trailing edge of the wing.

Question 7

Cockpit

Answer 7

the section where the pilot and the co-pilot manage the aircraft.

Question 8

Conventional

Answer 8

conventional tail is the most popular tail on the aeroplanes. Its a downwards T shape.
Conventional landing gear (tailwheel-type landing gear) consists of two bigger wheels and one tailwheel at the rear.

Question 9

Cowling

Answer 9

A safety cover of an engine

Question 10

Door

Answer 10

A part of an aeroplane where people can board and exit the vehicle.

Question 11

Elevator

Answer 11

controls the aircraft’s pitch, and therefore the angle of attack and the lift of the wing.
On the horizontal stabilizer, moves Up and Down

Question 12

Empennage

Answer 12

A synonym for the tail

Question 13

Engine

Answer 13

move the airplane forward with a force; produce thrust.

Question 14

Flaps

Answer 14

help to produce more lift

Question 15

Fuselage

Answer 15

the main body of an aircraft

Question 16

Galley

Answer 16

a kitchen in the aircraft

Question 17

Horizontal stabilizer

Answer 17

prevents up-and-down, or pitching, motion of the aircraft nose. Provides stability

Question 18

Landing gear

Answer 18

a structure of an aeroplane designed to help it land (consists of wheels, leg and strut); a synonym for undercarriage.

Question 19

Lavatory

Answer 19

A toilet in the aeroplane.

Question 20

Leading edge

Answer 20

the part of the wing that first contacts the air.

Question 21

Longeron

Answer 21

a main longitudinal (vertical) brace or support on an airplane; part of its carcass.

Question 22

Nose

Answer 22

provides directional stability.

Question 23

Overhead storage

Answer 23

A storage inside the cabin, where passengers can put their bags and clothes.

Question 24

Panthoons

Answer 24

A floating landing gear designed to allow the aeroplane to land on water.

Question 25

Pitch

Answer 25

The Elevator Controls Pitch; the plane nose moves up and down

Question 26

Rib

Answer 26

Ribs are structural members that, combined with spars and stringers, make up the framework or skeleton of a wing.

Question 27

Roll

Answer 27

The Ailerons Control Roll; the wings move left-right.

Question 28

Rudder

Answer 28

On the vertical stabilizer, moves Left and Right. Controls movement along the vertical axis. Plane can turn Left of Right.

Question 29

Skin

Answer 29

An outside layer of an aircraft

Question 30

Skis

Answer 30

A type of landing gear designed to allow the plane to land on snow/ice

Question 31

Slats

Answer 31

purpose is to increase lift during low speed operations such as takeoff and landing

Question 32

Spar

Answer 32

the skeleton or the frame of an aviation wing.

Question 33

Spoilers

Answer 33

Spoilers are on the top of the wings and can be used to slow an aircraft, or to make an aircraft descend, if they are deployed on both wings. Spoilers can also be used to generate a rolling motion for an aircraft, if they are deployed on only one wing.

Question 34

Stringer

Answer 34

a longitudinal stiffener that is attached either externally or internally to a structure (either a wing or a fuselage)

Question 35

Tail

Answer 35

provides stability during flight; a synonym for empenage

Question 36

Trailing edge

Answer 36

The rear edge of an aerofoil where the airflow separated by the Leading Edge rejoins.

Question 37

Tricycle

Answer 37

a type of aircraft undercarriage, or landing gear, that is arranged in a tricycle fashion

Question 38

Trim-tab

Answer 38

synonym for trimmerhelp compensate for engine torque or unequal weight distribution. Are located at the end of aircraft's edges.

Question 39

Vertical stabilizer

Answer 39

keeps the nose of the plane from swinging from side to side. Provides stability

Question 40

Wheel well

Answer 40

Synonyms for landing gear bay; stores retractable landing gear

Question 41

Wheels

Answer 41

Part of aircraft landing gear that allows smooth landing.

Question 42

Winglet

Answer 42

And upwards part of the wing that curl up at the end.

Question 43

Wingtip

Answer 43

The end of the wing.

Question 44

Wings

Answer 44

Generate lift.

Question 45

Yaw

Answer 45

The Rudder Controls Yaw.