Aeroplane construction, a handbook on the various methods and details of construction employed in the building of aeroplanes

154 Pages·1919·25.48 MB·English

by  Sydney Camm

AEROPLANE
CONSTRUCTION
SYDNEY CAMM

AEROPLANE
CONSTRUCTION
A
Handbook on the various Methods and
Details of Construction employed in
the Building of Aeroplanes
BY
SYDNEY CAMM
' * II
ASSOCIATE FELLOW ROYAL AERONAUTICAL SOCIETY
LONDON
CROSBY LOCKWOOD AND SON
STATIONERS' HALL COURT, LUDGATE HILL
7,
1919
PRINTED BY
WILLIAM CLOWES AND SONS. LIMITED,
LONDON AND BECCLEe.
PBEFACE
THE articles embodied with other matter in this book,
were intended as a broad survey of the principles and
details of modern aeroplane construction, concerning
which there is a noticeable deficit amongst existing
aeronautical literature.
They were written at a time when specific references
to modern British aircraft were forbidden, and although
from a comparative point of view this is to be regretted,
the details and methods dealt with are, in the author's
opinion, representative of those most generally used in
machines of present-day design. It is hoped that the
t
book will appeal not only to those engaged on the
manufacture, but also to those concerned with the uses
of aircraft.
S. C.

TABLE OF CONTENTS
CHAPTER
I.
PAGE
INTRODUCTION 1
.
CHAPTER
II. ...
MATERIALS . . . . ' . . . . 6
CHAPTER
III.
SPARS AND STRUTS . . . . 18
CHAPTER
IV.
PLANE CONSTRUCTION 30
. . '..
CHAPTER
V. .....
DETAILS OF PLANE CONSTRUCTION 40
, _..;
CHAPTER VI.
.51
INTERPLANE STRUT CONNECTIONS
. . . . .
CHAPTER
VII.
WING-TRUSSING SYSTEMS . . , -,', - . ' 59
CHAPTER VIII.
FUSELAGE CONSTRUCTION 67-
CHAPTER IX.
FUSELAGE FITTINGS
.
CONTENTS
viii
CHAPTER X.
PAGE
UNDERCARRIAGE TYPES 86
CHAPTER XI.
UNDERCARRIAGE DETAILS ! . 93
CHAPTER XII.
CONTROL SYSTEMS 101
CHAPTER XIII.
WIRES AND CONNECTIONS 108
.
CHAPTER XIV.
ENGINE MOUNTINGS 116
.
CHAPTER XV.
ERECTION AND ALIGNMENT 123
INDEX 135