METHOD AND APPLIANCE FOR MOUNTING AIRCRAFT TAIL UNIT FRONT SHUTTER Russian patent published in 2012 - IPC B64C1/26 B64C5/00 

FIELD: transport.

SUBSTANCE: invention relates to aircraft engineering, particularly, to assembling aircraft components, namely to attachment of tail unit to fuselage. On fitting tail unit front shutter in gap between fuselage and tail unit end face, tail unit is set to 0° relative to fuselage to remove panels from end face and to set shutter into said gap. Beforehand, shutter mounts are secured on outer shutter. Rod keys are fitted via through holes and turned through 90° to fit in mount part-through slot to strain the shutter to operating sizes. Thereafter, tail unit detachable panels are mounted along strained shutter to remove rod keys. Proposed appliance comprises mounts and rod keys with articulated spherical surfaces. Note here that said mounts have cruciform openings with one through cutout and one part-through cutout. Rod keys are composed of threaded rods on one end and, on opposite end, of plates with flanges shaped to match through cutouts and spherical surfaces of mounts.

EFFECT: ruled out mechanical damages.

2 cl, 5 dwg