Is it true that normal passenger jets have wings made out of fibreglass covered with aluminium ? Inside the wings is the fuel ?
2006-12-06 19:13:21 · 12 answers · asked by democracynow 2 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Aircraft
For the most part it aluminum on aluminum but some planes like airbus's tail fins are carbon fiber a new fiberglass that is a strong as steel supposedly I have my doubts. Such a tail broke of a airbus on approach to new yorks JFK and crashed in 2002 I think. I think you will see fiberglass type panels but frames I think will stay aluminum. I think this because the wings need to flex in flight or they would break in turbulent conditions fiberglass materials are not very flexible and fiberglass is very vulnerable to lightning as it isn't a conductor while aluminum is and can discharge the lightning safely back into the sky. Fuel is stored in the wings and mid section of airliners.
2006-12-07 04:07:00 · answer #1 · answered by brian L 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
At the moment, passenger aircraft wings are made m0ostlly out of aluminum. Fuber glass is used in light general aviation for the whole wing, There are internal parts of some passenger aircraft wings that are fiberglass, but this is for very dew items.
Yes, most of the fuel s stored in the wings. Large aircraft have a 'wet wing', which means that any available space in the wing is sealed and used as fuel tank. Fuel is also stored in the lover part of the fuselage, and sometimes in the horizontal and vertical stabelizers.
2006-12-07 07:27:54 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It depends on the type of aircraft what the materials invoved are. How ever, most aircraft wings are composite materials that are stronger than a single type of metal alone. These composites that make up the structure of the wing, at least on larger aircrafts, contain no fiberglass. Plastics are in parts of the wing such as the slat. The slat is the leading edge of the wing that slides forward on take offs and landings. On Boeing 737s the slat is primarily plastic covered with metal to protect and reinforce.
In commercial airliners, as in most aircraft, there are three fuel tanks. One in each wing and a center tank. The center tank is rarely used during flight as it is primarily a ballast or reserve. It has also been deemed a safety issue on certain types of aircraft to use fuel past a certain level in the center tank.
2006-12-07 02:56:04 · answer #3 · answered by toddrick 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The first part is not really true. Traditional passenger aircraft have wings that are made of aluminum (no fiberglass inside). Composite materials (fiberglass included) have not been used in primary structures on aircraft (although work is currently under way to develop primary structures on aircraft using composite materials). On most passenger jets flying today, the wings have an aluminum structure and covered in aluminum skin. And yes, they store the fuel in the wings. It is safer to store the fuel in the wings than it is to store it in the fuselage.
2006-12-06 19:41:08 · answer #4 · answered by aedesign 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well kinda...fibreglass on the outside for sure but they mostly use alloys nowadays..that is a composite of matterials which are strong and light and yes alluminium is one of them. So yes fibreglass and aluminium is used in the manufacturing of aeroplanes. And fuel is stored in the wings.
2006-12-07 04:05:29 · answer #5 · answered by Sunil 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-11-24 20:31:51 · answer #6 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The majority of aircraft wings at the moment are made of aluminium with some new aircraft (i.e. ones that are being designed now) being designed with composite structure (carbon composites generally). Wings do indeed carry fuel.
2006-12-06 19:18:51 · answer #7 · answered by ehc11 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋
No, they're not made of aluminum over fiberglass. The skin is usually aluminum alloys and the supports are aluminum, titanium or other alloys.
Yes, the fuel is in the wings.
2006-12-06 22:33:15 · answer #8 · answered by Bostonian In MO 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Yes that is true that they do cary fuel and the ard made with fibreglass but i dont know about aliminuim
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2006-12-06 19:16:25 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 3⤋
i thinks its true, i have a aeroplane, but i just wind up the rubber band. there is fuel in the wings, sounds scary!
2006-12-06 19:16:31 · answer #10 · answered by eliot e 1 · 1⤊ 2⤋