Aircraft components
Aviation Technology · Grade 10 · about 40 minutes
The major parts of a fixed-wing aircraft (fuselage, wings, empennage, landing gear, power plant) and of a helicopter (main rotor, tail rotor), the function of each, and how they work together to make flight possible.
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