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Aircraft
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A device that is used for flight in the air.
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Airplane
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An engine-driven, fixed-wing heavier than air that is supported in flight by the dynamic reaction of air against its wings
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Truss
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A fuselage design made up of supporting structural members that resist deformation by applied loads.
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Monocoque
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A shell-like fuselage design in which the stressed outer skin is used to support the majority of imposed stresses. Monocoque fuselage design may include bulkheads but not stringers.
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Semi-Monocoque
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A fuselage design that includes a substructure of bulkheads and/or formers, along with stringers, to support flight loads and stresses imposed on the fuselage.
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Airfoil
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An airfoil is any surface, such as a wing, propeller, rudder, or even a trim tab, which provides aerodynamic force when it interactswith a moving stream of air.
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Empennage
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The sections of the airplane that consists of the vertical stabilizer, the horizontal stabilizer, and the associated control surfaces.
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Nacelle
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A streamlined enclosure on an aircraft in which an engine is mounted.
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