05/25/16
Overview
The fuselage is a semi-monocoque assembly. It supplies the space for the pilot and copilot, the passengers, the baggage, and the equipment.
The fuselage has five sections connected together with butt straps, doublers and stringer splices. The fuselage skin is made of chemically milled aluminum alloy with aluminum alloy frames and stringers. The fuselage has attachments for the empennage/tail, the engine support structure and pylons, and the nose landing gear. The wings attach to a wing box at the bottom of the center fuselage. The forward fuselage and the center fuselage have a constant diameter of 106 in (2.69 m). Aerodynamic fairings for the nose and tail complete the fuselage.
The fuselage includes the structures that follow:
- Nose Fuselage
- Forward Fuselage
- Center Fuselage
- Aft Fuselage
- Empennage/Tail
- Aerodynamic Fairings
