There is provided an aerodynamic control apparatus for an air vehicle comprising a flap system including a first spanwise flap segment to be arranged on a first side of an air vehicle, a second spanwise flap segment to be arranged on the first side of the air vehicle, and a controller to actuate the first spanwise flap segment to a first flap deflection and the second spanwise flap segment to a second flap deflection, wherein the first spanwise flap segment at the first flap deflection and the second spanwise flap segment at the second flap deflection form a piecewise continuous trailing edge.
Variable camber continuous aerodynamic control surfaces and methods for active wing shaping control
2020-09-29
Patent
Elektronische Ressource
Englisch
IPC: | B64C AEROPLANES , Flugzeuge |
Variable camber continuous aerodynamic control surfaces and methods for active wing shaping control
Europäisches Patentamt | 2016
|NTIS | 1973
NTIS | 1973