An aircraft and method of operating the aircraft are provided. The aircraft includes a fuselage including a nose, a tail, and a hollow, elongate body extending therebetween, a wing extending laterally away from the fuselage, the wing including a leading edge in a direction of motion of the aircraft during normal flight and a trailing edge on an opposing edge of the wing, and an engine configured to drive a bladed rotatable member, the engine coupled to at least one of the wing and the fuselage. The aircraft further includes at least one of a forward chine member and an aft chine member extending from the fuselage at a point forward of the engine aftward to a point aft of the bladed rotatable member.
METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR OPEN ROTOR ENGINE FUSELAGE PROTECTION
2017-07-06
Patent
Elektronische Ressource
Englisch
Method and system for open rotor engine fuselage protection
Europäisches Patentamt | 2017
|METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR OPEN ROTOR ENGINE FUSELAGE PROTECTION
Europäisches Patentamt | 2017
|METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR OPEN ROTOR ENGINE FUSELAGE PROTECTION
Europäisches Patentamt | 2017
|METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR OPEN ROTOR ENGINE FUSELAGE PROTECTION
Europäisches Patentamt | 2017
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