Cabane strut
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| Cabane struts of a de Havilland Tiger Moth |
The cabane struts of a biplane aircraft support the upper wing over the fuselage and work in conjunction with other wing components such as spars and flying wires to transmit flight loads.[1]
In wire-braced monoplanes the cabane struts (generally referred to as the cabane) form the structure above the wings to which the wing's bracing wires and (if applicable) wing-warping control wires are attached. In parasol wing aircraft (monoplanes with their wing elevated above the fuselage)The struts carrying the wing are cabane struts: th aircraft may also have a cabane structure for bracing wires. .[2]
Cabane struts also serve to maintain correct wing stagger, angle of incidence and decalage . The initial setting or in-service adjustment of these angles, usually with the help of a clinometer and plumb-bob, is known as 'rigging'.[3][4] Cabane struts found on early aircraft were often made of wood with later biplanes using aerofoil-sectioned tubular steel.
Occasionally the lower wing of a biplane is placed entirely below the lower surface of the fuselage, using cabane-like support struts, and such an arrangement could conceivably be called a "ventral cabane strut" assembly. Examples of this arrangement from late World War I are the British Bristol F.2 Fighter two-seat fighter biplane, and the German Pfalz D.XIV experimental fighter.
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- Crane, Dale: Dictionary of Aeronautical Terms, third edition, Aviation Supplies & Academics, 1997. ISBN 1-56027-287-2
- de Havilland Aircraft Company. The de Havilland DH82A Tiger Moth - Maintenance and Repair Manual, Third Edition . Hatfield, Hertfordshire. The de Havilland Aircraft Company Ltd. (Date unknown)
- Halliwell, F.W. "Rigging: The Erection and Trueing-Up of Aeroplanes". Flight, 23 January 1919. p. 107.
- Taylor, John W.R. The Lore of Flight, London: Universal Books Ltd., 1990. ISBN 0-9509620-15.
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