All posts tagged Aircraft Systems

Semi Monocoque, Mono-what?

By | January 19, 2010 | Flight Training | 5 Comments

Just about every pilot’s operating handbook and airplane flying manual makes mention of the same property: “The fuselage is of a conventional semi monocoque construction…” And that’s the last mention of semi monocoque construction anywhere in the book. I’m willing to bet that your training manuals make little to no mention of it either. Read more…

Auxiliary Power Units and You!

By | July 10, 2009 | Advanced Flying | 3 Comments

If you look closely at commercial aircraft, you might notice something that looks a bit like an extra engine. Consider the CRJ-900 for example. It clearly has only two engines, but take a look at the tail. It has an additional jetpipe which surely resembles a third engine.

Learn all about how the APU provides redundancy in my guest article at AskaCFI.com