Civil Aeronautics Bulletin ..., Issue 27U.S. Government Printing Office, 1940 - Aeronautics |
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adjustment aileron aircraft construction airplane Alclad alinement aluminum alloy angle annealed applied assembly attached beam bending bolt brace wires brakes brass cable carbon steel center of gravity center section checked cleaning clevis pins coats compression copper corrosion cotter pin covering diameter dope duralumin elastic elevator empennage engine equipment fabric Figure fittings flight floats and hulls fuselage glue hangar heat treatment heat-treated hole inch inspection installed interplane joint landing gear leading edge length load longerons lower wing manufacture material mechanism metal monocoque nickel operation patch percent pilot plane pounds prevent proper pure aluminum repairs replacement resistance ribs rigging rivets rudder safety seaplane semimonocoque shape shear sheet shock absorbers solder spar specifications stabilizer streamline strength stress structural members struts tail surfaces tape temperature tensile tension thread tie rods trailing edge truss tube turnbuckle weight welding wheel wing panel wood zinc