AVIONS MARCEL DASSAULT

FAN JET FALCON

MAINTENANCE MANUAL

MAIN FRAME

0 - General (See Fig. 1)

The main frame consists of the center structure box extended by the wing tip box. These structure boxes
take the bending and torsion aerodynamic loads and transmit them to the fuselage.

l- Center structure box

The center structure box essentially consists of two spars, nineteen ribs and chemically-machined skin
panels. It forms three fuel tanks; the first tank is located between the joint plate and rib 9, the second
tank between ribs 9 and 16 and the third tank between ribs 17 and 19.

A - Spars

The front and rear spars are chemically-machined channel-section spars.

The front spar has recesses for :

- Housing the de-icing telescopic tubes.
- Accommodation of sails upon retraction of droop leading edges.
- Accommodation and clearance of droop leading edge actuating jacks.
For each recess, sealing of the fuel tanks is maintained by a rivetted box sealed with PR compound.
From rib 13 to rib 19, the rear spar has holes and cutouts for fuel and air interconnection with the
aileron baffle tanks.
Ribs 1 to 4 and 6 to 19 are angle-section ribs.
Rib 5 is an I-section rib.
The ribs are located between the front and rear spars, with the exception of rib 19 which extends up
to the trailing edge.
Holes lighten the ribs and provide an inter-compartment passage for fuel and pressurising air as well as
for the lines installed in the tanks.
All the ribs are fitted with anchor nuts for attachment of the skin panels.

2 - Wing tip box

The wing tip boxextends the center structure box from rib 19 to rib 20 (which is also located between the
front spar and the trailing edge).

It consists of :

- The front spar.

- A No. X bearing stiffener.
- The rear spar.
- The false spar.
- A false rib.
- Chemically-machined lower and upper surface skin panels.

The rearmost end of the box consists of a machined ledge with cutouts used to discharge the de-icing air.
The section between the front spar, No. X bearing stiffener and false spar is used as a fuel tank.
The wing tip box is provided with a brush for gap-sealing relative to the aileron.
Two doors are provided on the lower surface to seal this box.

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3 - Fuel tank section sealing

The fuel tank sections are sealed as follows :

- inter-sheets : Beads and PR i422 B2 sealant, PR 1431 type 1 brush-applied sealant

- on the edge : Beads of PR 1422 B2 sealant protected by PR 1422 A2 compound

- screws and nuts : PR 1422 A2 compound.

A coat of PR 1560 paint is also applied on :

- the inside surface of the lower surface skin panels

- the ribs up to mid-height
- the lower spar caps (top and bottom)
- the inner webs of the sparsup to mid-height.

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