Airframe; Introduction - Cessna 182Q 1979 Pilot Operating Handbook

CESSNA
MODEL 182Q
INTRODUCTION
SECTION 7
AIRPLANE
&
SYSTEMS DESCRIPTIONS
This section provides description and qperation of the airplane and its
systems. Some equipment described herein is optional and may not be
installed in the airplane. Refer to Section 9, Supplements, for details of
other optional systems and equipment.
AIRFRAME
The airplane is an all-metal, four-place, high-wing, single-engine
airplane equipped with tricycle landing gear and designed for general
utility purposes.
The construction of the fuselage is a conventional formed shE?et metal
bulkhead, stringer, and skin design referred to as semimonocoque. Major
items of structure are the front and rear carry-through spars to which the
wings are attached, a bulkhead and forgings for main landing gear
attachment at the base ofthe rear door posts, and a bulkhead with attaching
plates at the base of the forward door posts for the lower attachment of the
wing struts. Four engine mount stringers are also attached to the forward
door posts and extend forward to the firewall.
The externally braced wings, containing the fuel tanks, are con-
structed of a front and rear spar with formed sheet metal ribs, doublers, and
stringers. The entire structure is covered with aluminum skin. The front
spars are equipped with wing-to-fuselage and wing-to-strut attach fit-
tings. The aft spars are equipped with wing-to-fuselage attach fitt~ngs, and
are partial-span spars. Conventional hinged ailerons and single-slot type
flaps are attached to the trailing edge of the wings. The ailerons are
constructed of a forward spar containing balance weights, formed sheet
metal ribs and "V" type corrugated aluminum skin joined together at the
trailing edge. The flaps are constructed basically the same as the ailerons,
with the exception of balance weights and the addition of a formed sheet
metal leading edge section.
The empennage (tail assembly) consists of a conventional vertical
stabilizer, rudder. horizontal stabilizer, and elevator. The vertical stabiliz-
er consists of a forward and aft spar. formed sheet metal ribs and
reinforcements, four skin panels, formed leading edge skins. and a dorsal.
The rudder is constructed of a forward and aft spar, formed sheet metal ribs
and reinforcements. and a wrap-around skin panel. The top of the rudder
incorporates a leading edge extension which contains a balance weight.
The horizontal stabilizer is constructed of a forward and aft spar, ribs and
stiffeners, center upper and lower skin panels, and two left and two right
wrap-around skin panels which also form the leading edges. The horizon-
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