DIMENSIONS
WING CENTER BOX MAIN FRAMES
WHEEL WELL
WINDOWS
LANDING GEAR DOOR
STRINGER
CLEAT
RIVET
CENTER FUSELAGEDIMENSIONS
NOTES
MAIN AIRCRAFT DIMENSIONS
aircraft centerline
central reference axis (A)
overall fuselage length
total length of fuselage (37.5 m)
datum (reference) fuselage length
design length (sometimes without
tail cone or nose cone)
fuselage width
distance from side to side (3.95 m)
distance from one wing tip to the
ui other (34.1 m)
i az distance from ground to lowest point
ee on aircraft or engine.(0.56 m)
wheel base distance from nose gear to main
gear (12.64 m)
height to tip of vertical stabilizer
ground to top of fin (11.76 m)
wheel track
distance between 2 main gears
(7.59 m)
wing area
surface of wing
‘mean aerodynamic chord
line from leading to tailing edge (C)
652 DESCRIBING DIMENSIONS
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NOUN ADJECTIVE VERB
measurement ‘measure
height high
length long
width wide
thickness thick
depth deep
weight heavy weigh
capacity hold
‘Thore are different ways to describe dimensions in English, using nouns, adjec-
tives and verbs. The most common way is with an adjective or a verb, e.g.
The height of the vertical stabilizer is 11.76 m.
The vertical stabilizer is 11.76 m high.
‘The length of the fuselage is 37.57 m.
‘The fuselage is 37.57 m long. =
‘The width of the fuselage is 3.95 m.
The fuselage is 3.95 m wide.