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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 28, 2013
Filed:
Jan. 25, 2011
Richard R. Tracy, Washoe Valley, NV (US);
James D. Chase, Reno, NV (US);
Richard R. Tracy, Washoe Valley, NV (US);
James D. Chase, Reno, NV (US);
Aerion Corporation, Reno, NV (US);
Abstract
Aircraft configured to operate at Mach numbers from above 0.80 and up to 1.2 with wing sweep angles defined by the wing outboard leading edge of less than 35 degrees, and incorporating calculated values of the ratio of outboard wing panel aspect ratio raised to an exponent of 0.78, divided by the ratio of maximum thickness divided by chord (t/c), greater than about 45, characterized by one of the following: a) where maximum thickness divided by chord (t/c) is at a location approximately 70% of the distance outboard from the attaching aircraft body to the wing tip, or b) where maximum thickness divided by chord (t/c) is the average value of (t/c)'s located between approximately 50% of the distance outboard from the attaching aircraft body to the wing tip.