Identifier: Howaeroplanebui00Blak (find matches)
Title: How an aeroplane is built
Year: 1918 (1910s)
Authors: Blakeney, Stepney
Subjects: Airplanes
Publisher: London, "Aeroplane" & general publishing co., ltd
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ng of the ribs, this being done bythe usual method of glueing and screwing.After this, the flanges can have their sur-plus ends cut off and rounded. The lastpart to be fixed is the spruce stay from thespar to the end rib, at the opposite end ofthe ash bend. (See Fig. 17.) The aileron can now be inspected, andif passed by the Works Inspector, can beinspected by the A.I.D. and passed—withluck. FINISHING. The skeleton aileron is now ready forpainting and varnishing, after which thehinge fitting can be attached, when thevarnish is dry. It can then be inspected,and is ready for going to the covering shopto have the fabric put on and stitched up,exactly as in the wings. The doping and varnishing only remainsto be done. The next thing to be constructed will bethe tail-plane, elevators, the fin, and rud-der; as they are constructed principallyof metal, they will be constructed in themetal department, and to this departmentwe shall now have to turn our attention. no HOW AN AEROPLANE IS BUILT
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111 HOW AN AEROPLANE IS BUILT A RETROSPECT.We will, however, for a few minutes,retrace our work back to the fuselage, withwhich we commenced. The wood workis all completed, and the process of as-sembling with fittings which we had notmade has all been dealt with, and it is nownecessary for us to consider the variousmethods of making a few of the requiredfittings. On referring to Fig. 8, we see from thedrawing that 12 strut fittings are required.In the fuselage, these consist of wiringplates, with a square steel shoe welded on,which takes the strut end. These fittingsare simple, but require considerable carein making, as aeroplane parts consistusually of light designs with small factorsof safety. Which means that what is mademust without doubt be made from materialstrictly in accordance with the specifica-tion, and absolutely not under the sizesand dimensions shown on the drawings.• The slightest disregard of this will renderall parts scrap; scrap means waste oflabour and money, so d

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