How an aeroplane is built . STRUT ( O ) SHOE. STRUT SKETCH SHOWING STRUT SHOE IN PLACEFig. 27. to fit the longeron and also to form the lugto which is attached the stay tube. Theedges of the two pieces forming the lug154 HOW AN AEROPLANE IS BUILT are brazed together, with the addition ofa small washer on either side, the holeafterwards being reamered out. The objectof the washers is to increase the bearingarea for the attachment bolt which passesthrough. On the inside face of the fittingis a steel socket, into which the cross tubeis fitted. This socket is welded on, andinto this is fitted the
How an aeroplane is built . STRUT ( O ) SHOE. STRUT SKETCH SHOWING STRUT SHOE IN PLACEFig. 27. to fit the longeron and also to form the lugto which is attached the stay tube. Theedges of the two pieces forming the lug154 HOW AN AEROPLANE IS BUILT are brazed together, with the addition ofa small washer on either side, the holeafterwards being reamered out. The objectof the washers is to increase the bearingarea for the attachment bolt which passesthrough. On the inside face of the fittingis a steel socket, into which the cross tubeis fitted. This socket is welded on, andinto this is fitted the cross tube which formsthe support for the bearing for the skidpost. CHAPTER XIV STRUT-END FITTINGS. It will be noticed that at the end of inter-plane struts, which in many types ofmachines are made of spruce, a steel fittingin the form of a streamlike band or ferrulepasses round the strut end. Into this isfitted an aluminium packing piece, whichfits onto and forms the connection betweenthe eyebolts, which pass through eachspar, front and rea
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