Aircraft Structures

Body of the aircraft:

• Empennage

• Fuselage

• Landing Gear

• Trim tabs

Airfoils attached to each side of the fuselage. Maximize lift.

• Landing gear

• Horizontal Stabilizers

• Vertical Stabilizers

• Wings

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Houses the elevator and rudder.

• Wings

• Landing gear

• Empennage

• Flaps

Used to make minor adjustments/corrections on all three axis of flight.

• Trim tabs

• Flaps

• Landing gear

• Rudder

Device that allows the aircraft to roll down the runway.

• Engine

• Flaps

• Landing gear

• Wings

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What is the primary purpose of trim tabs?

• Correct for adverse yaw

• Reduce control pressures

• Initiate stall recovery

• Control aircraft movement

Aileron controls

• Roll

• Pitch

• Yaw

Pitch is controlled by

• Rudder

• Aileron

• Elevator

Rudders control

• Pitch

• Yaw

• Roll

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Part 1 of the diagram is

• Elevator

• Rudder

• Aileron