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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 15, 2013
Filed:
Feb. 07, 2007
Daniel Dodd, Bristol, GB;
Francois Cathelain, Bristol, GB;
Daniel Dodd, Bristol, GB;
Francois Cathelain, Bristol, GB;
Airbus Operations Limited, Bristol, GB;
Abstract
An aircraft wing comprises a leading-edge slat, the slat including a main body portion and a slat extension arranged at a spanwise end of the main body portion. The cross-sectional area of the slat extension is less than the cross-sectional area of the main body portion. The slat extension may therefore provide some of the aerodynamic benefits of the slat, while enabling the volume of the leading-edge of the wing on which the slat is mounted, to be relatively large. The chord and thickness to chord ratio of the slat extension may be less than the equivalent dimensions on the slat.