Aircraft engines cowlings

FIGURE 4.58 Galvanic mold for aircraft engine cowling, mounted on a steel frame... 

The first 14 m (46 ft) tall vertical tail fin, for the Boeing 777 airliner was one of the first major uses of RPs for primary structures in a USA commercial aircraft, and saves about 450 kg (992 lb) compared with a comparable metal fin. RPs will represent about 9% of the structural weight of the 777 - more than ten times the use of RPs in the 757 and 767 jets. Other structural composite parts include horizontal tail stabilizers, control surfaces, engine cowlings, landing gear and nose radome. Non-structural applications include the interior and systems ducting. 

Aircraft applications include exhaust-pipe shrouds, fireproof bulkheads, gas-turbine bypass ducts, hot-air ducts, engine cowlings, formed brackets and skins for hot areas. Other aircraft applications include galley equipment, chemical toilets and... 

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