An aircraft includes an airframe; an extending tail; a counter rotating, coaxial main rotor assembly including an upper rotor assembly and a lower rotor assembly; a translational thrust system positioned at the extending tail, the translational thrust system providing translational thrust to the airframe; an upper hub fairing positioned at the upper rotor assembly; a lower hub fairing positioned at the lower rotor assembly; and a shaft fairing disposed between the upper hub fairing and the lower hub fairing; wherein a geometry of at least one of the upper hub fairing and the lower hub fairing progressively blends from a circle to a series of curved elliptical surfaces in an inboard direction.
SEALED HUB AND SHAFT FAIRING FOR ROTARY WING AIRCRAFT
05.10.2017
Patent
Elektronische Ressource
Englisch
IPC: | B64C AEROPLANES , Flugzeuge |
Sealed hub and shaft fairing for rotary wing aircraft
Europäisches Patentamt | 2022
|SEALED HUB AND SHAFT FAIRING FOR ROTARY WING AIRCRAFT
Europäisches Patentamt | 2020
|SEALED HUB AND SHAFT FAIRING FOR ROTARY WING AIRCRAFT
Europäisches Patentamt | 2017
|SEALED HUB AND SHAFT FAIRING FOR ROTARY WING AIRCRAFT
Europäisches Patentamt | 2018
|SEALED HUB AND SHAFT FAIRING FOR ROTARY WING AIRCRAFT
Europäisches Patentamt | 2016
|