AIRCRAFT ASSEMBLY FORMED OF MATING HALF BARREL SECTIONS AND THE METHOD OF ASSEMBLING THE SAME

Systems and methods are provided for assembling an airframe of an aircraft, including receiving a half barrel section (24) of fuselage (12) in an assembly line (110,120), coupling a splice plate (597,920,920-1) to the half barrel section, aligning the half barrel section and coupled splice plate to...

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Hauptverfasser:	Jones, Darrell D, Smith, Daniel R, Justice, Jeremy Evan
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng ; fre ; ger
Schlagworte:	AEROPLANES AIRCRAFT AVIATION COSMONAUTICS DESIGNING, MANUFACTURING, ASSEMBLING, CLEANING, MAINTAINING ORREPAIRING AIRCRAFT, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR GROUND OR AIRCRAFT-CARRIER-DECK INSTALLATIONS SPECIALLYADAPTED FOR USE IN CONNECTION WITH AIRCRAFT HANDLING, TRANSPORTING, TESTING OR INSPECTING AIRCRAFTCOMPONENTS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR HELICOPTERS PERFORMING OPERATIONS TRANSPORTING
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Zusammenfassung:	Systems and methods are provided for assembling an airframe of an aircraft, including receiving a half barrel section (24) of fuselage (12) in an assembly line (110,120), coupling a splice plate (597,920,920-1) to the half barrel section, aligning the half barrel section and coupled splice plate to another half barrel section (24); and joining the half barrel section together via the splice plate. A product of the assembly process is further provided, with an extent of the fuselage being formed of sections of joined half barrel sections that are joined together with circumferential joints. The outer surface of the fuselage optionally has a visual appearance indicating the position of joining the half barrels, appearing as an elongated line extending down an extent of the fuselage with small circular features on each side of the elongated line.