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SEA AND AIR

Light aircraft Port
wingtip
Aileron
LIGHT AIRCRAFT, SUCH AS THE ARV SUPER 2 shown here, mass
are small, lightweight, and of simple construction. balance
More than a million have been built since World Aileron torque tube
War I, mainly for recreational use by private owners.
Virtually all light aircraft have piston engines, most of
which are air-cooled, although some are liquid-cooled. Open Port aileron
cockpits, almost universal in the 1920s, have today been replaced PORT MAIN LANDING GEAR
by enclosed cabins. The cabins of high-wing aircraft have one Inner tube
or two doors, whereas those of low-wing aircraft usually have Hub
a sliding or hinged canopy. Most modern light aircraft are made Tire
Brake disc
of aluminum alloy, although some are made of wood or of fiber-
reinforced materials. Light aircraft today also usually have Stub axle
navigational instruments, an electrical system, cabin heating, Landing gear leg
wheel brakes, and a two-way radio. Dorsal fin Brake mount Brake pipe

TAILPLANE AND RUDDER Hydraulic
Elevator
brake
Rudder tip Rudder mass calliper
fairing balance
Rear attachment-
Fin tip bracket
fairing Rear fuselage for wing
Rudder top skin
REAR FUSELAGE
Fin
Longeron
Diaphragm
Battery
Elevator Frame box
trimtab
Side skin
Drive
pillar Attachment
Coolant plate Rear fuselage “Skin-grip” pin
outlet bottom skin

Aluminum CONTROL RODS AND CABLES
radiator Flap torque
tube
Air scoop Elevator Aileron
Tailplane push-rod rod
Elevator push-rod
Coolant inlet
Rocking elevator arm

SIDE VIEW OF ARV SUPER 2 Navigational antenna Aileron Flap
torque drive-rod
Canopy Communications Fin tube
Spinner Wing antenna Rudder Flap
Engine Dorsal fin Rudder cable drive-rod
cowling STARBOARD MAIN LANDING GEAR
Brake calliper
Elevator
Brake pipe
Landing gear leg
Tailplane
Radiator
Nose-gear Wing strut Tailskid Brake disc
Step
Venturi Main Aircraft registration code Inner tube Stub axle
for instruments landing gear Tire Hub
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