Editing Fuselage (section)

=== Geodesic construction ===
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[[File:Vickers Wellington Mark X, HE239 'NA-Y', of No. 428 Squadron RCAF (April 1943).png|thumb|The [[geodetic airframe]] of a [[Vickers Wellington]], visible as a result of damage sustained to the fuselage skin on the aircraft's tail]]

Geodesic structural elements were used by [[Barnes Wallis]] for British [[Vickers]] between the wars and into [[World War II]] to form the whole of the fuselage, including its aerodynamic shape. In this type of construction multiple flat strip stringers are wound about the formers in opposite spiral directions, forming a basket-like appearance. This proved to be light, strong, and rigid and had the advantage of being made almost entirely of wood. A similar construction using aluminum alloy was used in the [[Vickers Warwick]] with less material than would be required for other structural types. The geodesic structure is also redundant and so can survive localized damage without catastrophic failure. A fabric covering over the structure completed the aerodynamic shell (see the [[Vickers Wellington]] for an example of a large warplane which uses this process). The logical evolution of this is the creation of fuselages using molded plywood, in which several sheets are laid with the grain in differing directions to give the monocoque type below.