Nowadays, the number of aviation equipment has increased dramatically. Aircraft are now owned by large companies and private individuals, helicopters are convenient for use in cities and hard-to-reach areas. To store and maintain the flying equipment needs a spacious room that can freely accommodate and the aircraft itself, and sometimes more than one, and all the necessary equipment for work.
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Air hangars design and construction
Any building designed to house aircraft equipment should not have internal supports, so in these cases, frame aircraft hangars are used, covered with lightweight sandwich panels or profiled sheets. The design of these structures is determined by the size of the aircraft for which they are designed, taking into account the convenience of technological operations for their maintenance.
Depending on environmental conditions in which the hangar will be located, it may be designed with a reinforced windproof frame or with an insulated roof covering. As a rule, these structures do not require a massive foundation, it is enough to have an asphalted area and a light foundation at the base of the frame. This makes it easy to build aircraft hangars of prefabricated metal structures and, if necessary, disassemble them and install them in another place, for example, during the expansion and reconstruction of the airport. That is why collapsible hangars for aviation have become so popular.
Aircraft hangars for airplanes and helicopters can be divided into two large types – capital and fast-building. At airports, in most cases, only capital hangars are built. This means that the hangar has a foundation, the hangar is made very reliably and, as they say – for the century, which means that there is no provision for its rapid disassembly and transfer to a new place. There are just those mechanisms for the maintenance of aircraft. Mechanism for the swing gate or sliding gate is an essential attribute of hangars for aircraft, because without the gate can provide neither security, nor the proper storage conditions for the aircraft.
In the field, on private parking lots or very small airfields erect fast-mounted aircraft hangars. These hangars do not require any special preparation, they are erected much faster than capital ones, and they can also be quickly dismantled and moved to a new location. In the case of rapidly erected hangars in Russia and the former Soviet Union, as a rule, metal structures are used. In hot countries of Africa and Asia hangars are made of wood and other natural materials.
As for helicopter hangars, they are not very different from aircraft hangars. Of course, many people are wondering how a helicopter enters the hangar. But here everything is simple, the helicopter is either brought in on a special platform, or a special type of hangar is used – with an opening roof. As a rule, such hangars do not even have a huge gate for entry, since the helicopter “flies in” from above, lands and the roof closes. There are doors, of course, but they are for people and special equipment.
Hangars for aircraft
Even if the entire aircraft fleet of a small airport is stored in the open air, the construction of hangars for aircraft is still necessary. First of all, an aircraft repair hangar, protecting equipment and workers from the environment, is badly needed. Therefore, the design of hangars for aircraft is made taking into account the technological areas for the repair or maintenance of aircraft equipment.
Structurally, hangars for large aircraft are often performed straight-walled, for their overlapping light metal trusses are used, and the hangars for small aircraft are made arched type, lighter and more reliable.
Materials, of which frame aircraft hangars are built, are notable for their fire safety. They do not burn and do not support combustion, and sandwich panels can also become an active fire extinguishing agent. A special fire protection coating applied to them swells up in case of fire and becomes a reliable barrier to fire. Nevertheless, hangars for aircraft fueled with combustible fuel require the installation of a fire extinguishing system. An important role is also played by heating and air conditioning, the use of which allows to maintain indoor conditions safe for equipment and comfortable for people.
For a large aircraft to enter the hangar, it must have spacious gates. They may be hinged, but more often they are made hoisting: they occupy less space and close tightly, without a gap in the lower part.
Buy the hangar for the aircraft, or order its production is possible in our company, which has extensive experience in creating such structures. The cost of hangars for aircraft, made of metal frame with sandwich panels or corrugated sheets, much lower than that of brick buildings of the same dimensions. You can calculate the cost of hangars with the help of a calculator, available on the company’s website.
Hangars for helicopters
Despite the fact that a helicopter is quite a compact machine, the size of its rotor requires quite a lot of free space, which should be taken into account when determining the size of the building. Hangars for helicopters do not differ from aircraft hangars, both of these types of aviation equipment may well be served in the same hangar. Sometimes in the hangar form boxes for aircraft and helicopter maintenance, separated by a partition. In this case, it is also necessary to take into account the dimensions of the equipment when choosing the garage doors.