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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 19, 2023
Filed:
Oct. 22, 2021
Applicant:
Airbus Operations Limited, Bristol, GB;
Inventor:
Ben Commis, Bristol, GB;
Assignee:
AIRBUS OPERATIONS LIMITED, Bristol, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C 21/08 (2023.01); B64C 23/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C 21/08 (2013.01); B64C 23/069 (2017.05);
Abstract
A stall trigger system is disclosed having an aircraft wing tip or aircraft wing tip device, a plurality of sets of stall triggers distributed along a span of the aircraft wing tip or aircraft wing tip device. Each set of stall triggers comprises one or more stall triggers which can be activated to trigger local separation of air flow over the aircraft wing tip or aircraft wing tip device, and each set of stall triggers has a different activation threshold. A control system configured to monitor a parameter, and activate each set of stall triggers in response to the parameter reaching its respective activation threshold.