• The wingbox of a fixed-wing aircraft is the primary load-carrying structure of the wing, which forms the structural centre of the wings and is also the...
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    between the titanium beam and the composite wing skin in the wingbox. The reinforced wingbox withstood a load exceeding specifications without damage in...
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    December 2021. Retrieved 25 December 2021. "Airbus unveils first A380 centre wingbox". Airbus. Archived from the original on 11 October 2020. Retrieved 14 February...
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    (ex–Fuji Heavy Industries) completed the first aluminum and titanium center wingbox integrated with main landing gear wheel wells at its Handa factory. The...
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    ramp/ramp door) Boeing 747 (fuselage panels, tail section) Boeing 767 (center wingbox, horizontal stabilizer) Boeing 777 (spoilers, flaps) Boeing 787 (fuselage...
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    the separation of the aircraft's fuselage at section 46 (aft of the main wingbox).: 156  The remainder of the aircraft forward of section 46 entered an...
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    stretch. By April 2020, Airbus had cut the first metal for the centre wingbox, while Safran had begun undercarriage forging production. Premium Aerotec...
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    aft, and by strengthening the fuselage for bending loads in the center wingbox. Because of the length and additional tail strike protection needed, a...
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    the following year, the crash of an F-111 was attributed to a cracked wingbox. On 22 December 1969, the USAF opted to ground the fleet due to this issue...
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    production plant in Illescas, Spain. Construction of the first A350-900 centre wingbox was set to start in August 2010. The new composite rudder plant in China...
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    needed] The force of the final impact split the fuselage in half around the wingbox, rupturing the fuel tanks, which proved to be fatal during the evacuation...
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    fuel tank in the fuselage also functioned as the aircraft's carry-through wingbox and was welded together with thick plates of VNS-2 steel alloy. The MiG-23...
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    sections, with the breakpoints almost exactly along the front and rear of the wingbox, prior to hitting the ground, and the relative closeness of these sections...
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  • aircraft – Wind shear – Wind tunnel – Wing – Wingman – Wingtip vortices – Wingbox – Wingless Electromagnetic Air Vehicle – Winglet – Wire strike protection...
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    verifying the structural design and strength before full-size composite wingbox tests. On 12 July, the static test aircraft simulated a 2.5g manoeuvre...
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    structural areas in terms of its heat migration and dissipation properties. Wingbox Peppler, I.L.: From The Ground Up, page 9. Aviation Publishers Co. Limited...
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    begun production of the first A330neo with the construction of its centre wingbox and engine pylon. Final assembly of the first aircraft, an A330-900, started...
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    edge Triple tail Twin tail V-tail Vertical stabilizer Wing root Wing tip Wingbox Flight controls Aileron Airbrake Artificial feel Autopilot Canard Centre...
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    edge Triple tail Twin tail V-tail Vertical stabilizer Wing root Wing tip Wingbox Flight controls Aileron Airbrake Artificial feel Autopilot Canard Centre...
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