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1. FLIGHT MECHANICS
Airplane (fixed wing aircraft) configuration and
various parts
Presented by - Ganesh Natarajan S
Target Audience: Gate Aerospace, Aerospace and Aeronautical Engineering Students, etc.

2. Outline
Let’s Start
Airplane configuration and various parts
Previous Lesson Classification of aircraft
Airplane
Configuration
s
Airplane
Parts

3. Airplane (fixed wing aircraft) configuration
Airplane Configuration:
Basically configuration is defined as an arrangement of parts or elements in a particular form,
figure, or combination. In specific the airplane (fixed wing aircraft) configurations are
considered for GATE Aerospace perspective.
Configuration Categories:
Airplane can be classified based on many categories
• Homebuilt
• Single engine propeller driven airplane
• Twin engine propeller driven airplane
• Agricultural airplane
• Business jet
• Regional turboprop
• Jet transport
• Supersonic civil transport (SCT)
• Military transport, patrol and bomb airplanes

4. Overall configuration:
• Land based airplane
• Sea plane
• Amphibian plane
• Conventional (tail aft)
• Canard
• Three-surface airplane
• Flying wing
• Pivoting oblique wing airplane
Airplane (fixed wing aircraft) configuration

5. Fuselage configuration:
• Conventional Fuselage
• Double fuselage airplane
• Double boom central fuselage
Engine type:
• Piston prop
• Turbo prop
• Turbo jet
• Turbo fan
• Propfan
Airplane (fixed wing aircraft) configuration

6. Engine integration:
• Engine in nacelles on the wing or on the fuselage
• Engine inside the wing or inside the fuselage
Landing gear:
• Fixed or retractable gear
• Tail-wheel or nose-wheel landing gear
Landing gear integration:
• In the wing
• In the engine nacelles
• In the fuselage
• In fairings
Airplane (fixed wing aircraft) configuration

7. Wing:
Cantilever
Braced
High wing position
Low wing position
Mid wing position
Straight wing
Aft swept wing
Forward swept wing
Pivoting oblique swept wing
Wing with or without winglets
Airplane (fixed wing aircraft) configuration

8. Horizontal tail:
• On the fuselage
• On two tail booms
• T-tail
• V-tail
Vertical tail:
• On the fuselage
• On two tail booms
• On each tip of the horizontal tail
Airplane (fixed wing aircraft) configuration

9. Airplane (fixed wing aircraft) Parts
1. Engine
2. Wing
3. Aileron
4. Slats
5. Horizontal Stabilizer
6. Vertical Stabilizer
7. Pylon
8. Flap
9. Propeller
10. Spoilers
11. Elevator
12. Fuselage
13. Rudder

10. Summary
Airplane
Configurations
Airplane Parts
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