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
08.08.2017
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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