Aircraft configured to operate at Mach numbers from above 0.80 and up to 1.2 with wing sweep angles defined by the wing outboard leading edge of less than 35 degrees, and incorporating calculated values of the ratio of outboard wing panel aspect ratio raised to an exponent of 0.78, divided by the ratio of maximum thickness divided by chord (t/c), greater than about 45, characterized by one of the following: a) where maximum thickness divided by chord (t/c) is at a location approximately 70% of the distance outboard from the attaching aircraft body to the wing tip, or b) where maximum thickness divided by chord (t/c) is the average value of (t/c)'s located between approximately 50% of the distance outboard from the attaching aircraft body to the wing tip.
LAMINAR FLOW WING OPTIMIZED FOR TRANSONIC AND SUPERSONIC CRUISE AIRCRAFT
FÜR MIT ÜBERSCHALL- UND HOHER UNTERSCHALLGESCHWINDIGKEIT FLIEGENDE FLUGZEUGE OPTIMIERTER LAMINARFLUSSFLÜGEL
AILE À ÉCOULEMENT LAMINAIRE OPTIMISÉE POUR AÉRONEF À VOL TRANSSONIQUE ET SUPERSONIQUE
2021-01-27
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
IPC: | B64C AEROPLANES , Flugzeuge |
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