Structural Scheme
Structure Description
The aircraft structure consists of strong and heavy bulkheads where the wing box attaches to the aircraft. Heavy reinforcement is required to keep the structural rigidity of the aircraft, especially with the twin wing-mounted engines. The stationary half of the wing is also heavily reinforced with four "I" beam spars made of a combination between titanium alloy and aluminum alloy. These reinforcements are necessary in order for the aircraft to perform VTOL where half of the wing is fixed stationary while the other is tilted along with the engine.
The majority of the fuselage will utilize semi-monocoque composite construction in order to save weight with aluminum skin covering on the bottom of the aircraft hull. The bottom and tail structure of the aircraft can also utilize sandwiched composites and honeycomb composites to save weight and increase the strength of the fuselage and tail structure. This may be necessary in order to reinforce the bottom of the aircraft for a water landing. This increases the aircraft's damage tolerance for collisions with debris as its landing on water or land. Additionally, The lower fuselage of the aircraft is reinforced with numerous extra bulkheads and stringer structures to ensure a robust and strong fuselage to accommodate the weight of the aircraft on water.
Structural Scheme Drawing
Structure and Main Component Location
Concept Structural Scheme
Some additional figures below represent some of the renderings for the aircraft. These renderings include the major structural scheme of the wing as well as the main bulkheads that will hold the wing together with the fuselage. In these renderings, the formers and stringers are not depicted. The monocoque structure of the aircraft was also not rendered due to the complexity and how difficult it is to show the monocoque layout.
