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Aircraft Construction

Chapter 3

Airworthiness Certificates

Standardwhite
Specialpink (apparently often also white?)alt text

Aircraft Axes

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Center of Gravity

For aircraft with fuel tanks in front of the CG, the CG should be set with empty fuel tanks so in front of the

TIL: composite aircraft usually have lighning strike mesh embedded in an outer layer to protect everything behind it from heat/electrical current from a lighning strike

Instruments

Performance

  • Vertical Speed Indicator
  • Airspeed Indicator
  • Turn Coordinator
  • Heading Indicator
  • Altimeter Indicator

Control

  • Attitude Indicator
  • Manifold pressure guage
  • Tachometer
Question

Why do each of these fall into each category..? Not enough info online