Aircraft General Knowledge 1 - Crossword
Across
- 5. Type of undercarriage with main wheels under wing and wheel under tail
- 7. Trailing-edge devices that increase camber and area for landing
- 9. Device on top surface of wing that reduces lift after touchdown
- 11. Common modern wing structure formed by two spars and strengthened skin
- 12. Members subject purely to tension (pulling), can be wire or tube
- 14. Beams that run span-wise and stiffen the wing skin against buckling
- 15. Structural members carrying loads in shear, like ribs or skin
Down
- 1. Wing configuration with wing attached over the top of the fuselage
- 2. Leading-edge devices that increase lift, often called slats when movable
- 3. Structural pieces carrying bending loads, e.g. spars and stringers
- 4. The most heavily loaded parts of a wing, often I-beam shaped
- 6. High aspect ratio wings reduce this type of drag
- 8. Main function of the wing
- 10. Monoplane with wing mounted underneath the fuselage
- 13. Members in compression, liable to buckle; hollow tubes are best