AUXILIARY POWER UNIT ENCLOSURE AND METHOD OF MAKING THE SAME

An auxiliary power unit enclosure of an aircraft includes a space frame configured to carry a load and defining an auxiliary power unit compartment. The space frame includes a plurality of frame elements coupled together at a plurality of nodes. The auxiliary power unit enclosure also includes a fairing coupled to and surrounding the space frame. 公开了辅助动力单元壳体及其制造方法。该飞机的辅助动力单元壳体包括空间框架，该空间框架配置成承载负载并限定辅助动力单元隔室。该空间框架包括在多个节点处联接在一起的多个框架元件。辅助动力单元壳体还包括整流罩，该整流罩联接到空间框架并围绕该空间框架。