Bracing wire
A solid steel wire used to support the structure of an airplane's wings or fuselage. Turnbuckles are often used to tension the wires.
Bracing. A system, usually consisting of struts and/or wires, by which a compound structure is made rigid.
Boots - Inflatable device on leading edge of wings and tail. Used to remove ice.
Bracing wire - A solid steel wire used to support the structure of an airplane's wings or fuselage.
BRG - Bearing.
BSU - Beam steering unit.
The bracing wires connecting tops of center section struts should be tight enough to hold the shape of the center section when bracing wires are tightened up. (a) Machines Having No Stagger.
The only points about this that demand attention are the bracing wires and the bolts and nuts by which these are fastened to the horizontal stabilizer.
The long-term answer to the problem was a cantilever wing - having sufficient stiffness to dispense with external bracing.
MONOCOQUE - Type of fuselage design with little or no internal bracing other than bulkheads, where the outer skin bears the main stresses; usually round or oval in cross-section.
LANDING WIRES - External bracing wires, usually of streamline section, which support the wings when the aircraft is on the ground.
LANDPLANE - A heavier-than-air craft which is equipped to operate from land surfaces only.
Is the possibility of the construction of such an aerial fleet altogether remote - or is it on the eve of realisation? The present article, bracing the story of the evolution of the airship as far as it has progressed, may be some assistance in ...
Chanute used a bridge-building device, Pratt trusses-crossed wires bracing vertical struts evenly spaced between upper and lower wings-to give the rigid wings more structural stability and added a cruciform tail section and a seat for the pilot.
 See also: Plane, Aircraft, Flight, Wing, Power
  
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