An aircraft wing assembly including: a wing having a wing box structure with an upper wing cover and a lower wing cover, and a wing tip device attached to the outboard end of the wing, the wing tip device including an upper cover and a lower cover, wherein a gap between opposing edges of the wing tip device lower cover and the lower wing cover is at least 5 mm, a seal assembly aerodynamically seals the gap, wherein the seal assembly includes a bridging component on an interior side of the gap, and a seal which fills the gap and is supported by the bridging component.
AIRCRAFT WING WITH WING TIP DEVICE
FLUGZEUGFLÜGEL MIT FLÜGELSPITZENVORRICHTUNG
AILE D'AÉRONEF AVEC DISPOSITIF D'EXTRÉMITÉ D'AILE
2017-11-08
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
IPC: | B64C AEROPLANES , Flugzeuge |