Important Parts of an Aircraft

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Important Parts Of An Aircraft
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• Looking at the flying aircrafts as a young kid
  seemed magical and fun. However, growing up to an
  age where we all begin to question the
  functionality of different phenomena is a lot
  more interesting. An aircraft is without a doubt
  such an invention that intrigues us about how it
  is made and what makes it fly thousands of feet
  above the ground. It is not less than a wonder
  for a common man to develop familiarity with the
  components of an aircraft. The most commonly
  known and observed type of an aircraft is a
  passenger plane. Other types include jet planes
  and cargo planes. Each of these aircrafts is
  designed by aircraft engineers according to the
  desired purpose. However, the basic assembly
  that defines each of them as an aircraft is
  composed of the following listed major parts.

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following listed major parts

• Wings
• Engine
• Fuselage
• Empennage
• Landing Gear

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Wings

• The most important and visibly obvious part of an
  aircraft is its wing. The wings (as they appear)
  enable the aircraft to take off in the air,
  maintain the flight in the mid-air, and land back
  to the ground without losing the control. They
  are designed such that they help the aircraft to
  propel in the forward direction while maintaining
  the air balance. Apart from the obvious role that
  the wings of an aircraft play, they also carry
  the major amount of fuel for the aircraft. The
  aircraft consumes the required fuel from its
  wings. Since, an aircraft flies thousands of feet
  above the ground, there is a lot of air pressure
  and only good quality aircraft parts are
  engineered in the wings to ensure a smooth and
  flawless flight operation.

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Engine

• Just like a car cannot move without an engine, a
  plane is also dependent on its engine to work.
  There are different types of engines used in
  aircrafts based on their type. The engine of the
  plane is located either on the frontal section of
  the passenger cabin, or closer to the rear
  section of the aircraft. Multi-engine aircrafts
  have the engines located under the wings on each
  side.

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Fuselage

• The cabin section that also seats the passengers
  is known as fuselage of the aircraft. Apart from
  seating the passengers, the cargo is also stored
  in the same section. The cockpit (the area where
  pilots are seated to control the plane) is also
  included in the fuselage. Being a large tube-like
  structure, the fuselage connects the front, the
  fixed wing aircraft parts, and the rear
  stabilizers of the empennage. The size of the
  aircraft cabin helps to determine how much the
  cabin needs to be pressurized during a certain
  flight operation.

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Empennage

• The tail of the aircraft or the rear section is
  known as empennage. This section has a vital role
  during the whole flight of the plane as it
  includes the vertical and horizontal stabilizer.
  The vertical stabilizer enables the plane to make
  movements around the vertical axis while in the
  air. On the flip side, the horizontal stabilizer
  plays the role in movement about the horizontal
  axis. Both the stabilizers have further divisions
  of components that play a crucial role in the
  overall flight stability.

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Landing Gear

• Landing gear is what makes an aircraft land back
  on the ground after the flight. Most of the
  aircrafts consist of wheels and struts.
  Traditionally, the aircrafts with a single engine
  have a tricycle landing gear. It consists of two
  main wheels and a nose wheel on the front. The
  tricycle landing system is engineered so that the
  wheels work together to ensure smooth and
  error-free landing of the aircraft.

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