The Boeing Company

Kevin Mark Johnsen

Gregory M Santini

Stephen Roger Amorosi

Christopher Andrew Konings

Paul M Vijgen

Heidi M Haugeberg

Ryan L Pettit

Brian E Geppert

Ryley Thies Ohlsen

Sean C Omeara

Flap pressure shape biasing is disclosed. A disclosed example apparatus includes a flight monitor to determine a movement parameter of an aircraft, the movement parameter corresponding to at least one of a Mach number of the aircraft, an airspeed of the aircraft, or a vertical acceleration of the aircraft, and a spoiler controller to adjust a position of a spoiler of the aircraft to reduce pressure on a flap based on the movement parameter by moving a pressure transition away from the flap.

Flap pressure shape biasing

Aerodynamic structures having lower surface spoilers are described herein. One disclosed example apparatus includes a first spoiler of an aerodynamic structure of an aircraft, where the first spoiler is to deflect away from a first side of the aerodynamic structure and a second spoiler on a second side of the aerodynamic structure opposite of the first side, where the second spoiler is to deflect away from the second side to reduce a load on at least one of the first spoiler or a flap of the aerodynamic structure.

Aerodynamic structures having lower surface spoilers

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