Subject 'Aircraft Construction'

Year:   2019/2020    

Jaan Susi

The student having covered the subject course:
• Knows the basic construction of airframe – fuselage, wings and tail planes;
• Describes the basic forces acting to different parts of an aircraft;
• Describes and explains the main types, construction and function of primary and secondary control systems of an aircraft;
• Describes and explains the construction and functions of the landing gear of an aircraft;
• Knows the general construction and basic functions of aircrafts´ pressurization systems, ice-protection systems, oxygen systems and fire protection systems;
• Knows and describes the principles of work of different types of aircraft power plants – reciprocating engine, turboprop, turbo jet and turbofan engines.

1. Loads applied to aircraft structures, design philosophies and materials; 2. Fuselage construction; 3. Main plane construction; 4. Stabilising surfaces; 5. Landing gear design; 6. Aircraft wheels and tires; 7. Aircraft brakes; 8. Flight controls; 9. Ice and rain protection; 10. Emergency equipment; 11. Fire detection and protection; 12. Piston engines in general; 13. Piston engine charging principles; 14. Gas turbine engines in general; 15. Types of gas turbine aircraft engines.

2019: ER