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1
Q

What are production break points?

A

Production break points are where the fuselage is broken up into sections and riveted together during manufacture.

2
Q

How is the cabin floor supported?

A

Support struts and crossbeams support the cabin floor structure.

3
Q

What is a ‘‘Plug Door’’?

A

Plug-type doors are a little bigger than the dimensions of the door jamb in which they fit

4
Q

What takes the pressure loads during flight on a door?

A

The total load is distributed over the whole door jamb

5
Q

Where would you find a non-plug type door?

A

Cargo compartment doors

6
Q

What are the advantages and disadvantages of the outward opening cargo door?

A

Advantage - More cargo space compared to inward opening door

Disadvantage - mechanics more complex and stronger requirements as pressure inside will try to force door outwards

7
Q

How are the flight crew alerted to an open door condition on the aircraft?

A

Proximity sensors on the doors

Green/red lights on cockpit screen

8
Q

What are the layers made from in a main cockpit window?

A

Cockpit windows consist of layers of toughened glass and plastics

9
Q

What material are the window heating elements made of?

A

Gold, tin oxide & indium oxide

10
Q

Why heat cockpit windows?

A
  • Increase the flexibility of the windshields (Bird strike)
  • Keeps the windows free of ice
  • Keeps the windows from fogging over
11
Q

What type of damage would you inspect a cockpit window for?

A
  • Delamination (layers coming loose)
    Pealing
  • Tearing
  • Breaking
12
Q

What material are cabin windows made from and why?

A

Certain synthetic (acryllic) windows

They have a larger coefficient of expansion than the surrounding surface.

13
Q

What is the purpose of the inner pane on a cabin window and which window takes the load?

A

Inner pane is designed as backup if window doubler fails (fail-safe design)
Also vent hole in the inner pane to allow for pressure adjustment

The window doubler takes the load

14
Q

What kind of stressed skin structure is used for the construction of
pressurised fuselages?

A

Semi-monocoque is used in modern commercial aviation

15
Q

Which zones of the fuselage are usually pressurised?

A

The cockpit, cabin, avionics compartment and cargo compartment are normally pressurised

16
Q

____ Skin type fuselages are used in modern transport aircraft

Most fuselages of transport aircraft are ____ _____ structures. It is shaped by a number of frames and ______ to keep each other at the correct distance

A

Stressed

Semi-monocoque

stringers

17
Q

_____ ____ and ______ support the cabin floor structure

A

Support struts

crossbeams

18
Q

Plug-type doors are a little _____ than the dimensions of the ____ ____ in which they fit

A

bigger

door jamb

19
Q

For cockpit windows, there is a heating element between the _____ window and the ____ layer

A

outside

plastic

20
Q

The heating element is made of …

A

Gold, tin oxide or indium oxide

21
Q

Heating the cockpit windshields is necessary because:

A
  • It increases the flexibility of the windshield (birds)
  • It keeps the windows free of ice
  • It keeps the windows from fogging over
22
Q

There is a small ______ _____ in the inside window to allow for adjustment for ______ differences between the inside and outside window

A

ventilation hole

pressure