Airbus Operations Gmbh

Airbus Operations Sl

Juan Antonio Sánchez Ruiz

Alberto Balsa-Gonzalez

Robert Kobierecki

Miguel Ángel Mendez Rodriguez

Miguel Ángel Mendez Rodríguez

A flight control surface comprising a main body comprising an upper and lower cover, upper and lower skins and a core member, a prolongation of their length over the length of the core member defining a stepped area. A trailing edge of the control surface comprises a U-shaped profile enclosing the prolongation, the U-shaped profile extending towards the main body in the chordwise direction up to the stepped area and comprising a section that progressively decreases. The trailing edge comprises a first and a second set of rivets located in the prolongation, the first set of rivets joining the upper and lower covers and the second set of rivets joining the U-shaped profile, the upper covers and the lower covers.

Flight control surface for an aircraft and method for manufacturing said flight control surface

A leading edge () of a control surface () for an aircraft includes a balance weight () attached to the forward-most region of the leading edge (). The control surface () rotates with respect to the stabilizer () around a hinge line (). The balance weight () is ahead of and adjacent to the most frontal portion () of the leading edge () of the control surface () are is inside the trailing edge of the stabilizer (). This arrangement allows to have an anti-flutter balance weight without any impact in aerodynamic drag.

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