A nacelle apparatus for use with an aircraft engine (106) is disclosed. Said nacelle comprising:a forward section defining an air intake of the aircraft engine (106), the forward section to move relative to an intermediate section, the intermediate section to house a fan of the aircraft engine (106);an inlet lip coupled to the forward section, the forward section to translate relative to the intermediate section between a first open position (702) and a closed position (502) to change an axial length between the inlet lip and the fan;wherein the forward section defines a primary flow path (318) when the forward section is in the closed position (502); andwherein the forward section and the intermediate section define the primary flow path (318) and an auxiliary flow path (320) when the forward section is in the first open position (702).
APPARATUS TO VARY AN AIR INTAKE OF AIRCRAFT ENGINES
VORRICHTUNG ZUR VARIATION EINES LUFTEINGANGS VON FLUGTRIEBWERKEN
DISPOSITIF DE VARIATION DE L'ADMISSION D'AIR DE MOTEURS D'AVION
2019-04-03
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
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