MacDonald, Alexander Forsyth, 1897-1965 · Port Credit, Ont. : Aviation Service Corporation · leaf 140
he home. The LONGERONS (three. four or more long tubes running lengthways) are theprinciple members and are braced, or held together,to form the home by VERTICAL or DIAGONAL mem-bers, the whole assembly being in the form of a TRUSS.Fig. 1 illustrates two types of steel tube braced… … STRESSED SKININGERS Fte- 2. Mnnocniqitr (Stressed Skin) Fuselage Monocoque: This type consists of a series ol roundor oval BULKHEADS held together by STRINGERS(long strips runnmg lengthwise). The Bulkheads carrythe loads, the stringers being merely superstructure.The early types of Monocoque…
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