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What are the benefits of placing aircraft engines under the wings?
Placing engines on the wing provides beneficial wing bending relief in flight. The further the engines are away from the fuselage the greater the wing bending relief so engines buried in the wing root provide little relief.
How is wing attached to fuselage?
The wings are attached to the main fuselage body using a lug. The bending moment and shear loads from wing to the fuselage structure is transferred through the lug structure. The attachment is done by series of pinned lug between wing side of wing box and fuselage.
What plane holds the most fuel?
The Airbus A380 is truly the world’s flying bus, flying more people at a time than any other plane in history. The McDonnell Douglas KC-10 Extender is the largest fuel capacity tanker aircraft in the world. With a 164-foot wingspan, the aircraft can haul a massive amount of fuel—we’re talking 52,250 gallons.
Why are engines on the wings instead of the tail?
Wing-mounted engines have a lot of aerodynamic benefits that tail-mounted jets don’t enjoy. Firstly, the weight of the engines on the wing relieves some of its bend. By providing the weight of the podded engines, designers can control how much the wings bend, and thereby reduce some structural weight.
What are the advantages of a T tail airplane?
T-tail designs with wing mounted engines (like the BAe 146 and C-17) can have a longer tail arm than would be the case with a fuselage mounted tail, if the fin is swept back. 2) Lets the airplane have better longitudinal pitch characteristics in high speed flight as the tail is above the wing wake.
How does the engine location affect aircraft performance?
Different jet airplanes mount the engines in different ways. How does the engine location affect aircraft performance? Is one better than the other? Engine location performance-affecting factors: 1. Mounted in the wing root 2. Mounted in pods under the wing 3. Mounted inside the tail or on pods on the rear fuselage
Why are jet engines mounted above the wings?
That’s about what I can come up from memory, maybe someone can merge all answers into a comunity wiki kinda post.. Mounting jet engines above the wings (see: Antonov An 72, Boeing YC-14) takes advantage of the Coandă effect to increase lift and improve short-field takeoff and landing performance.