A tail boom adapted for counteracting a fuselage torque created by an engine carried by a fuselage of a rotary aircraft. The tail boom is positioned within the rotorwash from the rotary and includes a first side surface contoured to create a low-pressure region of an airfoil and a second opposing side surface contoured to create a high-pressure region of an airfoil. The pressure difference between the high-pressure region and the low-pressure region causes the tail boom to move towards the low-pressure region, resulting in a lateral force opposing the torque on the fuselage.
AIRFOIL SHAPED TAIL BOOM
TRAGFLÄCHENFÖRMIGER HECKAUSLEGER
POUTRE DE QUEUE EN FORME DE PROFIL AÉRODYNAMIQUE
2016-09-07
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
IPC: | B64C AEROPLANES , Flugzeuge |
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