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Use of wood and fabric
From this time and before, wood and fabric were used for most structures and attempts at functional aircraft, this due to their ease of manufacture and cost as well as their lightness. -
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Metal structures
Around this time, metals such as aluminum began to be used in different industries, including aeronautics due to its low cost and ease of manufacture. In addition, thanks to these metals, structures such as tubular structures began to be designed, whose use and impact lasts. -
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Complex structures
Due to the success with aluminum structures, more complex structures such as monocoque and semi-monocoque structures began to be designed and built. These structural techniques together with aluminum achieve the construction of resistant and light aircraft. -
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Materials
Since the creation of the monocoque and semi-monocoque, the structures and techniques of aircraft construction have not changed much, but the materials of which they are composed, yes, today composite and mixed materials and alloys are used, these allow obtaining aircraft with better resistance and aerodynamic properties.