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1. Truss Fuselage.
2. Russ Fuselage.
3. Stressed Skin Fuselage.
1. TRUSS FUSELAGE
● Consists of struts for compression loads & wires that run diagonally between
struts which carry tension loads.
2. RUSS FUSELAGE
● Russ fuselage is constructed from welded tubes.
● In this, diagonal members take all the compression and tensile loads.
3. STRESSED SKIN FUSELAGE
● Stressed skin is the one, that carries loads.
1. PURE MONOCOQUE: This form of stressed skin carries all the lodas without
any load carrying structure.
3. BIPLANE: Having one upper and one lower wing supporting each other by struts and wires.
4. MODERN AIRCRAFTS: Have the wings composed of spars (the major load taking members of
wing) and ribs (give the aerofoil shape to the wing).
FUEL STORAGE (ATA 28)
Fuel tanks are categorized into three categories.