Building an aircraft...

[BigHitDH]

Hi,

I've often wondered this....

When you build a machine the size of a modern airliner, where do you start?

Obviously, the ribs and stringers + skin is what gives the sturucture it's strength, but how does the structure support it's own weight until major sections are completed?

I know when building Ocean liners they first lay down the "keel beam", and everything else is bolted to that - is the process for aircraft similar?

Designing the "system" to build an aircraft seems like a greater challenge than designing the aircraft itself!


Thanks in advance for any insight you can give.