Patent · US Expired

Aircraft

US4955958A · kind A · utility

3Cited by

1References

5Claims

0Family size

Assignee

MBB GmbH · DE

Inventors

Jurgen Dellinger · Achim, DE
Ulrich Kramer · Bensberg, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Sep 26, 1988
Grant date	Sep 11, 1990
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Sep 26, 2008

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY02T50/10
WIPO fieldTransport
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

An aircraft with no separate elevators in the tail end of the fuselage and having wings arranged approximately in the middle portion of the fuselage, is improved by a single flap on the underside of the wings for extending down to a variable degree and being arranged at a point between 49 and 54% of the local chord depth as measured from the leading edge.

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