DIMENSIONS WING CENTER BOX MAIN FRAMES WHEEL WELL WINDOWS LANDING GEAR DOOR STRINGER CLEAT RIVET CENTER FUSELAGEDIMENSIONS NOTES MAIN AIRCRAFT DIMENSIONS aircraft centerline central reference axis (A) overall fuselage length total length of fuselage (37.5 m) datum (reference) fuselage length design length (sometimes without tail cone or nose cone) fuselage width distance from side to side (3.95 m) distance from one wing tip to the ui other (34.1 m) i az distance from ground to lowest point ee on aircraft or engine.(0.56 m) wheel base distance from nose gear to main gear (12.64 m) height to tip of vertical stabilizer ground to top of fin (11.76 m) wheel track distance between 2 main gears (7.59 m) wing area surface of wing ‘mean aerodynamic chord line from leading to tailing edge (C) 652 DESCRIBING DIMENSIONS wot rood A THicKness LENGTH —>| “|| & WEIGHT NOUN ADJECTIVE VERB measurement ‘measure height high length long width wide thickness thick depth deep weight heavy weigh capacity hold ‘Thore are different ways to describe dimensions in English, using nouns, adjec- tives and verbs. The most common way is with an adjective or a verb, e.g. The height of the vertical stabilizer is 11.76 m. The vertical stabilizer is 11.76 m high. ‘The length of the fuselage is 37.57 m. ‘The fuselage is 37.57 m long. = ‘The width of the fuselage is 3.95 m. The fuselage is 3.95 m wide.