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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 14, 2013
Filed:
Oct. 27, 2010
Applicants:
Malte Schwarze, Hamm, DE;
Andreas Westenberger, Buxtehude, DE;
Inventors:
Malte Schwarze, Hamm, DE;
Andreas Westenberger, Buxtehude, DE;
Assignee:
Airbus Operations GmbH, Hamburg, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C 9/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An aircraft has at least two rudder units in a non-central arrangement. The rudder units have a profile and are rigidly secured to the aircraft. The profile is adjusted in such a way as to yield an inflow at a positive geometric angle of incidence, so that the profile generates a lift force having a component pointing in the flight direction. This makes it possible to offset a portion of the aircraft drag.