Cessna R182 - Page 123

CESSNA
MODEL R,182
SECTION
7
AIRPLANE &
SYSTEMS
DESCR,IPTIONS
INTRODUCTION
This section
provides
description
and
operation of
the airplane
and
its
....,/
systems. Some
equipment
described
herein is optional
and may
not be
(
installed
in
tbe airplane.
Refer
to Section
9, Supplements,
for details
of
'
other optional
systems
and equipment.
(
AIRFRAME
The airplane
is an
all-metal,
four-place, higb-wing'
single-engile
airplane equipped
with
retractable
tricycle
landing
gear,
and designedfor
geueral
utility
purPoaes'
The
construction
of the
fuselage
is a conventional
formed sheet
metal
bulkhead,
stringer,
and skin
design
referred to as semimonocoque.
Major
iterns of structure
are
the front
and
rear
carry-through
spars
to which
the
tunnel
incorporated
into
the fuselage
structure
below the engine,
in
front
of
the firewall,
is required
for the
forward retracting
nose
wheel.
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
rrretal
leading
edge
section.
The empennage
(tail
assembly)
consists of
a conventional
vertical
stabilizer,
rudder,
horizontal
stabilizer,.and
elevator.
The
vertical
stabil-
izer consists
of
a
forward
and
aft spar,
formed sheet
metal
ribs
and
reinforcements,
four
skin
panels,
formed
leadiug edge
skins,
and a
dorsal.
The rudder
is constructed
of
a
forward and
aft spar,
formed sheet
metal
ribs
and
reinforsements,
a,nd
a,
wra,p-around
skin
panel.
The
top of
the
rudder
incorporates
a
leading
odge
extension
which contains
a balance
weight.
The hbrizontal
stabilizer
is constructed
of
a forWard and
aft spgr,
ribs
and