Aircraft Structure

Have you ever wondered how an airplane can soar with everything and passengers, move through the skies and land thousands of miles away? Or why do the flight deck control panels have so many buttons and levers? Or what do pilots mean when they say they are going to lower or raise the flaps? Or why are winglets in fashion?

In this graphic we show you the basic structure of the plane with its main fixed and flexible parts, in order to solve these doubts, and thus continue to enjoy the experience of comfort, speed and safety that is flying.

In aeronautics the terms AIRFRAME refer to Aircraft which contains: The fuselage, the pumps, the nacelles, the engine covers, the aerodynamic surfaces (including the rotors but excluding the propellers and the rotating blades of the engines), the landing of an aircraft, its accessories and controls. aircraft, STRUCTURE refer to Structures (fuselage and metal or composite material structure and FUSELAGE (AIRCRAFT COMPONENT) refers to Fuselage is the body of the aircraft, or the main component of the structure of an aircraft. passengers and crews They are located inside the fuselage, and the wings and empennage are attached to the fuselage. In simpler engine aircraft, the engines and landing gear are attached to the fuselage.