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Locations of Power Plants: 6. Over Aft-Fuselage Location:
If the engines are integrated into the nose, fuselage or wings, the engines are An inlet above the fuselage located at the root of the vertical tail is known as Over
called Buried Engines. Aft-Fuselage. This arrangement has exhaust at the rear of the fuselage which
If the engines are built up separately and mounted as a unique part on the reduces the drag.
fuselage, wings or tail, then the engines are called Podded Engines.
7. Wing Leading Edge Location:
Buried Engines Locations:
Inlet set into the wing leading edge can reduce aircraft’s wetted area by
1. Nose Location:
eliminating the need for separate inlet cowl. However, these inlets disturb the
The Nose location offers the inlet a completely clean airflow and its fuselage will
flow over the wings and increase the weight.
not cause distortions. However the nose inlet requires very long internal duct,
which is heavy and has high losses. It occupies most of the fuselage space.
2. Chin Location:
The Chin Inlet is similar to nose location but has shorter duct. It is good especially
at high angle of attack because the fuselage fore-body helps to turn the flow into
it. However location of landing gear is a problem.
3. Side Location:
Podded Engine Locations:
Side Inlets provide shorted ducts and clean air. However, if the angle of attack is
1. Under Wing Location:
too high, it will have problem due to vortex.
Under wing mounted engines are easily accessible from the ground and well
away from the cabin. The weight of the engines are evenly placed, hence it
reduces Wing Weight. However the presence of pods can disturb the air flow on
the wing and increases drag.
2. Over Wing Location:
Over-wing podded engine reduces the landing gear height and reduces noise on
4. Armpit Location:
the ground. But it is difficult to access while maintenance. The inlets can be
A Side inlet at the intersection of the fuselage and high wing is called Armpit
forward of the wing to minimize distortion.
Location. The armpit inlet has very short internal duct but have distortion at angle
of attack.
3. Aft Fuselage Location:
Most common location for jet aircrafts is Aft Fuselage Mount with T-tail. This
5. Over the Fuselage Location:
eliminates wing interference effects and allows a short landing gear. However it
The engine is located over the fuselage and has very short duct. It has no problems
increases cabin noise at the rear of the aircraft.
in landing gear provisions. However it is poor at high angle of attack, as the fore-
body blocks the air flow. Also many pilots fear that, they may sucked down if the
eject the seat.
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4. Tail Location: Factors affecting Location of Engines
It is easier to control the aircraft in an engine failure event: The rear-mounted Propeller Engines:
engines are closer to the CG than wing-mounted engines. Hence, when an engine • There must be sufficient clearance between each propeller and ground with
fails, the yaw generated by the live engine is much less which requires less effort landing gear in deflected and takeoff position
from the pilot to control • There must be enough clearance between propeller and ground level with tire
completely deflated.
5. Over Fuselage Location: • There must be sufficient clearance between blade tips and aircraft structure to
Over Fuselage Mounted engines will receive good air flow, be distant from the avoid harmful vibration.
ground to avoid foreign object damage, and not occupy fuselage space. However, • Clearance is required between rotating parts of the propeller and stationary
stationa parts
cabin noise is too much. of the airplane
6. Wing Tip Location:
Engines mounted on Wing Tip will reduce the wing bending and reduces wing
flutter. It also provides lighter wing structure.
• No cabin or crew member should be in the line of rotation of any propeller.
Passenger seats, cargo holds, toilets should not be in the same level of propellers.
• When piston engines are used, there should be proper supply and a exit of cooling
air.
• The exhaust gas of the turboprop should not be blown against any part of the
airplane.
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Turbojet & Turbofan Engines:
• Engines should be placed in such a way that, water or snow from the runway are
not directed inside the inlet.
• Inlet should be protected to minimize any unwanted matter during take-off and
landing.
• Fuselage frames should bear at least 10 times more the installed engine weight.
• When there is thin walled cabin structure between engine and fuselage,
passengers should not be seated along the plane of the engine.
• There should be necessary space inside the engine nacelle. Precautions should be
taken against overheating of aircraft by exhaust gas.
• Wing mounted engines should be easily accessible and well away from cabin. The
engines should be ahead of the wing (x) and below the wing leading edge (z) as
shown
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