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by **aewest** » Mon May 24, 2004 8:26 pm

I have been reading WWII plane data and they mention it has 'stressed skin'. What is that?

by **SilverFox441** » Mon May 24, 2004 10:44 pm

Stressed skin refers to using the aircraft skin as part of the structure and not just as an aerodynamic cover. This results in a lighter airframe. Most modern planes will have a mixture of stressed and unstressed panels, with unstressed being common in areas where a hatch needs to be.

by **aewest** » Tue May 25, 2004 5:22 pm

SilverFox441
Thank you

by **Blackbird971** » Tue May 25, 2004 10:24 pm

Mono' and semimono'. Mono is the version that uses the aircraft skin for support, semimono uses the skin for a portion and a light substructure for the rest. Mono is drasticly lighter but it is far more difficult to repair. It has strength like a pop can: it can withstand tons of force in certan directions but zero in others which will cause the plane to cave in.