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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 29, 2024
Filed:
May. 12, 2022
Applicant:
Deutsches Zentrum Für Luft- Und Raumfahrt E.v., Bonn, DE;
Inventors:
Kai Backhaus, Wolfenbüttel, DE;
Jürgen Arnold, Diemarden, DE;
Holger Hennings, Rosdorf, DE;
Lorenz Tichy, Göttingen, DE;
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C 9/26 (2006.01); B64C 13/16 (2006.01); B64C 30/00 (2006.01); B64D 45/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C 9/26 (2013.01); B64C 13/16 (2013.01); B64C 30/00 (2013.01); B64D 2045/0085 (2013.01);
Abstract
In a method of expanding a flight envelope of an aircraft comprising a pair of wing halves and extendable leading-edge flaps at leading wing edges of the wing halves towards higher transonic flight Mach numbers, at least one of the leading-edge flaps at one of the two wing halves is extended in flight direction, when approaching the flight envelope with increasing flight Mach number of the aircraft.