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What is 'stressed skin'? (Read 345 times)

May 24^th, 2004 at 9:26pm

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I have been reading WWII plane data and they mention it has 'stressed skin'. What is that? ???

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Reply #1 - May 24^th, 2004 at 11:44pm

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Stressed skin refers to using the aircraft skin as part of the structure and not just as an aerodynamic cover. This results in a lighter airframe. Most modern planes will have a mixture of stressed and unstressed panels, with unstressed being common in areas where a hatch needs to be.

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Reply #2 - May 25^th, 2004 at 6:22pm

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SilverFox441
Thank you

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Reply #3 - May 25^th, 2004 at 11:24pm

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Mono' and semimono'. Mono is the version that uses the aircraft skin for support, semimono uses the skin for a portion and a light substructure for the rest. Mono is drasticly lighter but it is far more difficult to repair. It has strength like a pop can: it can withstand tons of force in certan directions but zero in others which will cause the plane to cave in.

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Reply #4 - May 27^th, 2004 at 10:24am

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I think Blackbird is referring to " Monocoque " and " Semi-Monocoque "....

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Reply #5 - May 28^th, 2004 at 3:06pm

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I think Blackbird is referring to " Monocoque " and " Semi-Monocoque "....

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