A fixed-wing cargo aircraft having a fuselage wing cutout supported by box beam longerons is disclosed. The fuselage contains a continuous interior cargo bay, and includes a forward portion, an aft portion, and a cutout defined by a plurality of structural elements configured to transfer a wing load to the fuselage, the structural elements including opposite starboard and port longeron beams each spanning a longitudinal length of the cutout. The starboard and port longeron beams have an enclosed box beam construction, which can include a plurality of panel sections, at least one of the plurality of panel sections comprising a skin panel of the fuselage. The cutout can have forward and aft frame beams each having an enclosed box beam construction that form a structural perimeter of the cutout with the starboard and port longeron beams.
AIRCRAFT FUSELAGE WING ATTACHMENT CUTOUT CONFIGURATIONS INCORPORATING PERIMETER BOX BEAMS
AUSSCHNEIDKONFIGURATIONEN ZUR FLUGZEUGRUMPFFLÜGELBEFESTIGUNG MIT UMFANGSKASTENTRÄGERN
CONFIGURATIONS DE DÉCOUPE DE FIXATION D'AILE DE FUSELAGE D'AÉRONEF INCORPORANT DES POUTRES DE CAISSON PÉRIMÉTRIQUE
2025-05-14
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
IPC: | B64C AEROPLANES , Flugzeuge |
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