ESTRUCTURAS AERONAUTICAS

Introducción

Ing. Fabio Merchán, CMSc, Esp.

 • The primary factors to consider in aircraft structures are
strength, weight, and reliability.

All materials used to construct an

aircraft must be reliable.

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Reliability minimizes the possibility of

dangerous and unexpected failures.
 A/C
Aircraft structural
members are
designed to carry a
Forces Structural load or to resist
stresses stress.

Conditions

Flying Statics

Maneuver
Force of gravity produces weight

Landing gear
Causes acceleration or deceleration
increases the forces and stresses on the
wings and fuselage.
Absorbs the forces
 Cargas
Cargas Internas
Externas

Esfuerzos

Deformacion
es
 Tipos de cargas y esfuerzos
• Limit Loads: are Maximum loads expected during service.
• Stress is defined like a applied load per area of the material.

Taking into account that the

principal stresses on the
fuselage and wings are
transmitted for each
component to the principal
structures.
 Tensión, es una fuerza
actuando en contra de
Compresión,
otra fuerza que esta se
considera
tratando decomo una
jalar algo
fuerza
aparte. que deintenta
Combinación dos
hacer las
fuerzas, parte mas
compresión y
pequeñas.
tensión.

Torsión se considera
como una fuerza que
tiende a torcer una
parte.
Esfuerzo cortante, se
considera cuando
una pieza de material
se deliza sobre otra.
These stresses are absorbed by each component of the
wing structure and transmitted to the fuselage structure.
 Bending action creates a tension
Bending force on the fuselage stress on the lower skin of the
fuselage and a compression stress on
Airflow the top skin.
 What happen in the flight?

Lift forces act upward against

the wings.

Bend them upward

The wings are prevented from

folding over the fuselage by the
resisting strength of the wing
structure.
Thrust is the power which
enables an airplane to move
forward (engine). Lift is the force
aroused by thrust.

Wing Propeller

Lift airfoil Thrust airfoil

 RECUENTO HISTORICO Y
MATERIALES
• Primeros aviones: Madera de bambú y
superficies en “fabric” (1910).
• Estructuras tipo “TRUSS”.
• Estructuras livianas y de difícil acabado
aerodinámico por la técnica de construcción.
• Nuevos registros de velocidad y exigencias de
carga generan cambio materiales por madera
prensada “PLYWOOD” (1920).
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 • Irish linen and cotton.
Covering airframes. Sag
aircraft structure.
• Builders began coating the
fabrics with oils and
varnishes.
• Extreme flammability.
• Lack of durability, limited
service life.
• Coated fabric proved
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unsuccessful.
 An edge which has been cut by machine or special pinking shears

Materials and techniques are in the

manufacturer’s service manual.

Aircraft originally manufactured

with cotton fabric can only be re-
covered with cotton fabric unless
the Federal Aviation
Administration (FAA) approves an
exception.

Approved supplemental type

certificate (STC).

Field approval
• Do the work in accordance with
an approved supplemental type
certificate (STC).

• Specify that it is for the

particular a/c model in
question

Detail exactly what alternate

materials must be used and what
procedure(s) must be followed.
 STC

Alteraciones o modificaciones principales a un

producto aeronáutico.

Cambios es peso y balance

Estructura

Limitaciones de operación
Resistencia estructural

Aeronavegabilidad del producto

Componentes o sistemas

Cambian las condiciones del Certificado Tipo

 Alteración mayor o menor

Mayor Menor

Se tienen
No requiere
suficientes datos
aprobación de
aprobados
campo

SI NO

No requiere de
Requiere una
un aprobación
aprobación de
de campo
campo
• A Field Approval is the granting, by an
FAA airworthiness inspector, of FAA
“approval” for a major repair or major
alteration. The approval is given only after
conducting a physical inspection and/or
after reviewing data.
 OVERVIEW OF THE STEPS

• Do your homework.
• Create a standard data (SDP) package as
described in the ac.
• Submit the SDP to the local FSDO (Flight
Standards district office) .
• Interact with the ASI (aviation safety
inspector).
• Receive a final response.
 WHAT WILL THE ASI DO

• Evaluate the data.

• And if necessary
– Request additional data
– Forward to another ASI.
– Request engineering help (ACO) FAA Aircraft
Certification Office.
• Or Approve the data, or Deny the
request—in writing
Documentación técnica Información de diseño y
para definir y sustentar cálculos de Ingeniería
alteración o reparación

Orden de Ingeniería

Especificaciones
técnicas Diseño de pruebas

Planos

Características de vuelo

Análisis de peso y balance

Limitaciones
Propuesta de suplementos a los manuales, operacionales
dimensiones, materiales y procesos.
 Directivas de aeronavegabilidad
(AD’s)

Hojas de datos técnicos del certificado Manuales de Mantenimiento o

tipo (TCDS) instrucciones del fabricante aprobadas
por la Autoridad Aeronáutica del
Estado de Certificación del Producto.

Datos del certificado tipo Porciones del SRM aprobadas por la

suplementario. (STC) previniendo que Autoridad Aeronáutica del Estado de
este aplica específicamente al Certificación del Producto. Manual de
elemento que esta siendo reparaciones estructurales (SRM),
reparado/alterado. Tal documento solamente como una fuente de datos
puede ser considerado en su totalidad técnicos aprobados para una
o en parte como incluido dentro de los reparación mayor cuando es un
datos de diseño asociados con el STC documento aprobado por una autoridad
aeronáutica.
 Que diferencias hay entre reparaciones y
alteraciones mayores???
Reparación
mayor
Alteración
mayor
Es cuando retorna la Es un cambio del
aeronave o diseño tipo original de
componente a su la aeronave o
diseño Tipo original. componente.
 Actividad extraclase
“Alteraciones mayores”
• Es una modificación registrada en las especificaciones
de la a/c?.
• Afecta o no la aeronavegabilidad de la a/c? En que
aspectos.
• Se puede hacer por medio de operaciones elementales
de manto?
• Como se da el manejo de alteraciones mayores en
Colombia?
• Que tipo de alteraciones y reparaciones mayores son
permitidas según el RAC
BELL TEXTRON HELICOPTER Inc Kit Huey II

Componentes para la conversión

 Cambio de rotor de cola y palas a modelo Bell

212.
 Cambio de rotor principal y palas a modelo
Bell 212,
 Kit para conversión de la transmisión principal
a modelo Bell 212,
 Cambio de mástil, platillo oscilante y controles
a modelo Bell 212,
 Cambio de cono de cola con todos
componentes a modelo Bell 212,
 Cambio de cajas de engranaje de 42 y 90
grados a modelo Bell 212,
 Cambio de ejes impulsores y colgantes de rotor
de cola a modelo Bell 212,
WHAT ARE THE REASONS FOR DENIAL

• Minor alteration—no 337 needed.

• Major change—STC needed.
• Data is already approved—no further approval is
needed
• Alteration contrary to safety.
• Continued failure to provide an adequate SDP—
FAA terminates the project.
 WHAT IS IN THE SDP

1. Field Approval Checklist.

2. Copies of supporting data including
any previously approved data.
3. FAA Form 337 not signed in block 6
or 7.
 DATA

• Chapter 2 of the AC provides all you need to

know about substantiating data.
• Approved data.
• Acceptable data.
• DER (Designated Engineering Representative)
approval of data.
• DER limitations.
 THE FIELD APPROVAL PROCESS

• Research.
• Obtain field approval.
• Perform the alteration.
 RESEARCH

• Thoroughly understand what is involved in

the alteration and how the aircraft and its
other systems will be affected by the work
you plan to do.
• Thoroughly understand how the approved
operation(s) of the aircraft be affected
 RESEARCH
• REGULATIONS INVOLVED
– Part 21, 23, 25, etc. (Airworthiness
Rules).
– Part 91, 121, 135 (Operating Rules).
– Review FAA Order 8310.6 Airworthiness
Compliance Check Sheets (reprinted).
– FAA Technical Advisory Circulars.
 RESEARCH
• AIRCRAFT TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS

– Previous Alterations
– A/C Manufacturer’s Data
– Service Bulletins
– STC’s already approved
– Other Field Approvals
– Flight Manual Supplements
 RESEARCH
• Equipment manufacturer’s technical
data

– Installation manuals
– STC’s
– Other data

23.301 loads
Strength requirements are
specified in terms of limit
loads (the maximum loads
to be expected in service)
and ultimate loads (limit
loads multiplied by
prescribed factors of safety)
FAR 23
23.305 Strength and
deformation
The structure must be able
The air, ground, and water to support limit loads without
loads must be placed in detrimental, permanent
equilibrium with inertia deformation. At any load up
forces, considering each to limit loads, the
item of mass in the airplane deformation may not
interfere with safe operation.
 FAR 23 Flight loads

23.321 General 23.333 Flight envelope

23.331 Symmetrical
Flight load factors flight conditions
represent the ratio of the
aerodynamic force Combination of airspeed
component and load factor

The wing loads and linear

inertia loads The airplane is assumed
corresponding to any of The incremental to be subjected to
the symmetrical flight horizontal tail loads due symmetrical vertical
conditions to maneuvering and gusts in level flight
gusts
 GROUND LOADS

External loads and inertia forces that

act upon an airplane structure

23.509 Towing loads.

23.507 Jacking loads.

23.481 Tail down landing 23.479 Level landing

conditions conditions

23.485 Side load conditions. 23.483 One-wheel

landing conditions.

23.493 Braked roll conditions

• PLYWOOD is replaced for aluminum
laminates.

• Duraluminum is discovered in Germany

(1909 – Alfred Wilm – Durener Mettalwerke).

• Wood limitations due to production crisis

1914-1918 and the change in the elastic
properties due to environment.
• Germany 1915-1919 Junkers J.L.6
(iron/steel)
• DeHavilland “MOSQUITO” 100% wood
incorporate adhesive technology (thermoset
resin and thermoplastic resin)
• Due to the new characteristics of
performance and new complex
structures the use of wood is just.

• Wing load more high and concentration

stress on critic points of the structures
like WING BOX and MLG TRUNNIONS,
where the wood wasn´t good adapted.
 ALEACIONES DE ALUMINIO

• Usadas extensivamente en estructuras, pieles y

otros miembros estructurales sujetos a cargas.

• Sistema 4 dígitos de identificación de la aleación

de aviación.
GRUPO TIPO ALEACION
1XXX Aluminio 100% puro
2XXX Aleación de Cu
3XXX Aleación de Mn
4XXX Aleación de Si
5XXX Aleación de Mg
6XXX Aleación Mg + Mn
7XXX Aleación de Zn

Código de cuatro dígitos : 1 2 3 4

 1: Tipo de aleación
 2: Modificación de la aleación
 3-4: Pureza de aluminio
 ALEACIONES DE AVIACION

 1100, Aluminio puro, uso no estructurales

 2024, La más usada, tratable térmicamente
 3003, Similar 1100, no tratable, endurecida por
trabajo en frio.
 5052, Para aplicaciones compatibles con procesos de
soldadura, no tratable térmicamente.
 6061, Aleaciones de media resistencia y buen
formado con tratamiento térmico, soldables.
 7075, La de mejor resistencia, usos estructurales
primarios, tratable térmicamente.
 ALEACIONES DE AVIACION

• 8090, Al-Litio, uso aerospacial / Eurofighter

THYPOON / Westland Helicopter.
 ALEACIONES DE AVIACION

 HIDUMINIUM RR58 (Concorde), aleación de Cu, Mg,

Ni, Fe (1939-1945), alta resistencia temperatura.

%Cu %Mg %Si %Fe %Ni %Ti %Al

Min2.25 1.35 0.18 0.90 1.0 - Resto
Max 2.70 1.65 0.25 1.20 1.30 0.20

 Condiciones F, T, H, O
 ALEACIONES DE AVIACION

• Aleaciones de Mg, más livianas, más

reactivas (corrosión), frágiles.

• Aleaciones de Ti, Similar relación

resistencia/peso a las aleaciones de Al,
uso extendido aviación militar (Wingbox
F14/F15/F22).
 ALEACIONES DE AVIACION

• Aleaciones de Acero, Alta resistencia, bajo

contenido C (0.03%), gama de inoxidables
con alta resistencia a la temperatura (X-15
pieles de cromo-niquel).
 OTROS MATERIALES

• Plásticos acrílicos (familia resinas termoplásticas).

PLEXIGLAS/LUCITE/PERSPEX.

• Compuestos, Resistencia mayor a las aleaciones de Al,

significan entre 15%-20% peso estructural (comercial), aviación
militar uso extendido.

• GFRP (glass-fiber reinforced plastic) ,AFRP (Aramid Fiber

Reinforced Polymer), CFRP (Carbon-fiber-reinforced
polymer) (Fibras de vidrio, aramidas-kevlar, Carbon/Grafito-
Boro).
• Altos costos producción/mantto.
• Economía en carga paga y combustible
 ESTRUCTURAS AERONAUTICAS

OBJETIVO

• Resistir y transmitir las cargas,

proporcionar formas
aerodinámicas y proteger
pasajeros/carga/sistemas del
avión de las condiciones
ambientales encontradas
durante el vuelo.
• Primary structure: Structural elements that in
case of damage or failure could lead to failure of
the entire craft.

– Primary structure is that structure which carries flight,

ground, or pressurization loads, and whose failure
would reduce the structural integrity of the airplane.

• Secondary structure Structural elements that are

not part of the primary structure. Structural
elements mainly to provide enhanced
aerodynamics.
 TIPOS DE ESTRUCTURAS

• Estructura de piel esforzada (Stressed skin

structure).
• La gran parte de los esfuerzos son soportados
por la piel exterior.
• Poca cantidad de miembros estructurales
internos.
• Buena capacidad para dar formas
aerodinámicas.
• Alta probabilidad de grietas por efectos de
ondulamiento o “buckling”.
 TIPOS DE ESTRUCTURAS

 Semimonocasco:
 Conjunto de formadores,
larguerillos, y mamparos
unidos entre si a los
cuales se adhiere la piel.
 Monocasco: Conjunto de
formadores y mamparos
unidos a la piel quién
soporta las cargas de
operación.
• Although very strong, monocoque construction is
not highly tolerant to deformation of the surface.

• The biggest problem in monocoque construction is

maintaining enough strength while keeping the
weight within limits.

The formers and bulkheads

provide shape for the
fuselage.

The skin carries the primary

stresses.

No bracing members are

present.
• Conclusion
– Unstiffened shells. must be
relatively thick to resist bending,
compressive, and torsional loads.
• Conclusion
– Constructions with stiffening members that
may also be required to diffuse concentrated
loads into the cover.
– More efficient type of construction that permits
much thinner covering shell.
 TIPOS DE ESTRUCTURAS

• Truss type: Formada por largueros

soldados entre si que forman “well-
braced framework”.

• Miembros verticales y horizontales

(struts) dan forma rectangular o
cuadrada.

• Se instalan “struts” adicionales para

soportar esfuerzos. Larguerillos,
mamparos y formadores se añaden
para dar forma al fuselaje e instalar la
piel.
 TERMINOLOGIA ESTRUCTURAS
Son vigas
circulares en
J o C.
• Frame (Formador)
Es un miembro
circunferencial usado en
la construcción semi-
monocasco que soporta
los larguerillos y la piel.

Los formadores están diseñados para soportar cargas

laterales y los momentos de flexión adicional a las cargas
axiales.
TERMINOLOGIA ESTRUCTURAS

Give cross-sectional shape to
the fuselage, and they add
ridigity and strength to the
stucture.
Formers are the lightest.
The are used primarily for
fillings or skin attachments
between the larger members.

Heavier than formers,

they are equipped
with doors or other Frame assemblies are used to
mens of access. separate one section of the
fuselage from another.

BULKHEADS
 Structure terminology
• Longerons (Largueros) Primary bending loads are
taken by the longerons,
which usually extend across
• The strong, heavy several points of support.
longerons hold the
bulkheads and formers.

• The bulkheads and

formers hold the stringers.

• Rigid fuselage framework.

Generally the 20 to 40 stringers are replaced by 4 to 6 longerons. Longerons as the

stringers resists the bending load of the fuselage.
 Función de largueros/larguerillos
Stringers and longerons prevent tension and compression stresses from
bending the fuselage.

Designed

Support the axial forces

.
nevertheless

Support lateral forces Flexion moment

Axial
Load
They have the same job and application than the stringers,
but longerons are stiffer beams, mainly machined and they
are in less number over the circular periphery of the
fuselage circle.
 TERMINOLOGIA ESTRUCTURAS

• Stringers (Larguerillos)

They are longitudinal beams in

C, L or T form located in the
circular periphery of the
fuselage and equally circular
spaced over the fuselage
diameter.

The fuselage skin thickness varies with the load carried and
the stresses sustained at particular location.
TIPOS DE “STRINGERS”
TIPOS DE “STRINGERS”

They are riveted attached to skins

and frames. To skins to increase
stiffness, to frames to increase
buckling resistance.

The main job is to retain the bending loads

applied to the fuselage.
 TERMINOLOGIA ESTRUCTURAS

• Beams (Vigas)
Es un miembro primario
de un formador o un ala
usado para soportar
grandes cargas incluyendo
momentos de flexión.
En las alas es a menudo
llamado como “spar”.
 TIPOS DE “BEAMS”

.
 Función de las vigas

Las vigas estan • Las cargas laterales se

diseñadas para refieren a los esfuerzos
soportar cargas cortantes (Shear
laterales y los Stresses).
momentos de flexión • Los momentos de
que usualmente son flexión causan
esfuerzos de
mayores comparados
compresión y tensión
con sus respectivas
cargas axiales
 Truss
Es un miembro estructural en el
cual otros miembros se cruzan
para formar uno o más triángulos
interconectados
 Función estructuras “truss”
Están diseñados para soportar cargas axiales (tensión
y compresión) aplicadas en sus extremos
unicamente.

.
 TERMINOLOGIA ESTRUCTURAS
Las vigas que deben
soportar grandes cargas
axiales, particularmente
cargas de compresión, en
conjunto con cargas
laterales y momentos de
flexión son llamadas vigas
de columna o
beam-columns.
Nose section Center section Aft or rear section

Centre section needs to be large and strong. Why?

 Windows and doors
Cut-outs

It’s a engineering structural

When we design an problem
aircraft it’s very important
and necessary

The loads must be routed around

The fuselage needs to be strengthened around
the cut-outs.
them.

Spread evenly into surrounding skin and structure.

 Wings

• The wing is the aircraft structural part that generate the

require lift force that permits the aircraft to fly.
• Use the wing to transport fuel, engines, pylons and
external fuel tanks.
lift load

vibration loads
Wings structure must
resist several kind of drag load
different loads applied
to it:

engine thrust load

main landing gear loads
In its simplest form, the wing is a
framework made up of spars and
ribs and covered with metal.
SPAR

All the load carried by the wing

is taken up by the spars.

Designed to have great

bending strength.

RIBS

Transmit the air load from the

wing covering to the spars.
• Spar: The main center beam of the wing, designed to carry the
structural loads and transfer them by attachment to the fuselage, or
body, of the aircraft.

• Root: The wing root is the portion of the wing that attaches to the
fuselage, or body of the aircraft.

• Skin: The outer surface of the wing. Originally made of fabric,

modern aircraft use aluminum or composite materials due to their
lightweight and rust-resistant properties.

• Ribs & Stringers: These make up the inner skeleton of the wing,
providing rigidity and strength. While strength is necessary, it is also
important that the wing can flex slightly while it flies. This flexibility
allows it to absorb the stress caused by turbulence and hard
landings.
Zodiac wing.
Zodiac wing assembly.
Zodiac wing skin.
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Air loads increase as a the square of

the speed increase.
For instance at 500 knots the air loads
are five times.
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• The front spar is located at about 15 % chord.
• The rear spar at 55 to 60%.

Wing strong.
Typical spar sections
Very high speed aircraft.

May resist the

bending forces
imposed on it.
• Monospar wing

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 Wing skin
The two main spars are still
the main strength members, stressed-skin design
but a large contribution to the
strength is made by the skin.

Skin share some of the load.

 Web of a spar may be a plate or a
truss.

Fail-safe spar web design

Member of a complex structure fail

Other part of the structure

assumes the load of the
Light weight materials with vertical stiffeners failed member and permits
employed for strength. continued operation.
• According to the AC 23-13A, define Fail-
safe:

– Fail-safe is the attribute of the structure that

permits it to retain its required residual
strength for a period of unrepaired use after
the failure or partial failure of a principal
structural element.
The structural load must be transferred by two loading paths,
if one of the loading paths fails the other must be capable to
safely transfer all the load with no structural failure.

Aeroteaching blog handbook

 What is a Principal Structural Element?

• A principal structural element (PSE) is an element that

contributes significantly to carrying flight, ground, or
cabin pressurization loads, and whose integrity is
essential in maintaining the overall structural integrity of
the airplane.
Fixed surface, Integrally stiffened
stabilator, or trimmable plates
stabilizer attachment Primary fittings
fittings.
Wing

horizontal
vertical fin
Principal splices
stabilizer

Spar caps
PSEs
forward
canard
wing

winglets/tip
fins

Skin or reinforcement
around cutouts or
discontinuities
Skin-stringer combinations
 Circumferential
frames and
adjacent skin

Pressure
Cockpit window
bulkheads

Pressurized
Skin and any
cabin
single frame or
stiffener Window frames
element around
a cutout

Door frames,
Skin around a
skins, and
cutout
latches;
The center wing is made by
The center wing is integrated with the
a structure assembly called
the wing box.
fuselage structure.

Main structural resistance of the wing to all type of loads applied to it.

All this elements are generally

made of machined high strength
aluminium alloys or titanium
alloys because of the high
strength requirements.

The center wing interior is mainly

used as fuel tank compartment
and main landing gear
compartment.
What kinds of
loads resist the Loads of engines, main landing
wing box? gear loads, external tanks, drag, lift
and inertial loads.

REMENBER

The outer wing is bolted to the root rib of the center

wing in order to transfer all the loads to the structure.
• Wing tip
– Non critical structures.
– Reduce drag and increase lift.

Box beam or torsion box construction

Stressed skin
Main spars Wet wing

Lighter construction (composites)

 EFECTOS EN LA ESTRUCTURA

1. Igual función, diferente estructura.

– DHC-6 (Twin Otter) configuración simple dos
vigas y costillas.
– Avión militar, múltiples vigas y pocas costillas y
larguerillos.

2. Las costillas dan forma al perfil, actúa con la piel

resistiendo cargas de presión aerodinámicas.

3. Distribuyen cargas concentradas y re-distribuyen

esfuerzos alrededor de discontinuidades.

4. Incrementan la resistencia a la deformación por

“doblamiento” o “buckling stress”.
 EFECTOS EN LA ESTRUCTURA
5. Las costillas cambian de tamaño según forma del ala
(rectangular, elíptica, tappered, etc), su posición y las cargas
soportadas.

6. Puntos intermedios, soportan reacciones superficies de

control.

7. Los paneles de piel forman una superficie impermeable para

soportar la distribución de presión aerodinámica, y las cargas
son transmitidas a costillas y larguerillos.
EFECTOS EN LA ESTRUCTURA
8. Estructura de celda, la resistencia al corte y torsión
es proporcionada por esfuerzos de corte
desarrollados en la piel y el alma de las vigas.

9. Cargas axiales y flexión son soportadas por la

acción combinada de la piel y los larguerillos.

10. Larguerillos unidos a la piel y estos a su vez a las

costillas le dan rigidez al conjunto.
EFECTOS EN LA ESTRUCTURA

11. Fuselajes, miembros con funciones similares,

origen y cargas soportadas diferentes.
12. Reacciones de superficies, cargas puntuales
(MLG), carga paga implican fuerzas de inercia.
13. Cargas de presurización radiales y repetitivas.
14. Estructuras ideales, secciones redondas o con sub-
secciones similares.
15. Aviones no presurizados tienen formas cercanas al
cuadrado o rectángulo.
EFECTOS EN LA ESTRUCTURA
16. Fuselaje, construcción simple en celda tubular de
delgada piel, formadores transversales, larguerillos
y otros miembros estructurales que se extienden a
través del fuselaje en secciones específicas
llamados mamparos o “Bulckheads”.

17. Formadores, soportan cargas concentradas del piso

o provenientes del ala, puntos de sujeción de
superficies. Más robustos que otros ligeramente
cargados y de formas que proporcionen rigidez y
transmisión de cargas a otro formadores y la piel.
 Flight control surfaces

Change the attitude of the aircraft during flight.

Primary Secondary Auxiliary

Wing flaps, spoilers,

Ailerons, elevators, Trim tabs, spring tabs. speed brakes, and
and rudders slats.

Let the pilot trim out an

Longitudinal Lateral control unbalanced condition without
control axis axis (longitudinal exerting pressure on the Additional
(lateral stability) stability) primary controls. control of the
aircraft
Vertical control axis Aid the pilot in moving a
(directional stability) larger control surface, such as
the ailerons and elevators
Higher CLmax allows the aircraft to
have a smaller wing area that
results in a lighter wing

Temporarily vary (increase) the

wing camber.

High lift device is deflected

downward

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EhMNpyOhSvU
 Ejes de movimiento del Avión

• Pitch
• Roll
• Yaw
 Dual Purpose Flight Control Surfaces

Elevons Perform the combined functions of the

ailerons and the elevator.

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 Ruddervator
Combines the action of
the rudder and elevator

http://avstop.com/ac/Aviation_Maintenance_Technician_Handbook_General/images/fig3_67.jpg

Flaperons are ailerons which can also act as

flaps.

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 Tabs
• Why is necessary use this kind of devices? Because………
1. The force of the air against a control surface during the high
speed of flight can make it difficult to move and hold that
control surface in the deflected position.

Stationary metal plate

Feet off of the controls and have the aircraft maintain
its flight condition
 Difficult to move a primary
control surface due to its surface
area.

Speed of the air rushing over it.

Causes a force to position the

surface in the proper direction with
reduced force to do so.
Balance tab
Causing air to strike the tab, in turn producing a force that aids in
maintaining the flight control surface in the desired position.

Force to move the surfaces

A control surface may require

excessive force to move

Final stage of travel.

They aid the pilot in moving a

larger control surface, such as
the ailerons and elevators.
 Flaps Lowered increase

Reduce the landing

• Give the aircraft speed
extra lift.
Increasing the glide angle
The flaps are lowered to increase the camber of the without greatly increasing
wings and provide greater lift and control at slow the approach speed.
speeds.
 Slats
Slats are movable control surfaces A slot is created between the slat
that attach to the leading edge of and the wing leading edge.
the wing.

http://www.zenithair.com/stolch701/gif/
701-lift.jpg

The leading edge slats allow the

aircraft to fly at a high angle of
attack (lower speed).

Venturi effect that causes

accelerate de air between
the slot.
• This effectively "pulls" the air around the leading
edge, thus preventing the stall up to a much
higher angle of incidence and lift coefficient.
Boundary layer
control air.

• Low airspeeds, this action improves the lateral

control handling characteristics.
 Ailerons
Move the aircraft about
the longitudinal axis.
Why amplifies the movement of the aircraft
around the longitudinal axis?

Destroy lift depending

of the roll requirement
for the aircraft.

Camber is increased and lift is increased.