An airframe 10 for an air vehicle comprising an outer skin layer 12 and a support layer 13 defining a fuselage of said air vehicle, wherein said outer skin layer is magnetically coupled to said support layer. The support layer may comprise a frame structure, comprising an inner frame 14, outer frame16 and plurality of struts 18 between the inner and outer frames, or it may comprise a truss structure. The outer skin layer 12 may be embedded with or substantially comprise a ferromagnetic material such as iron, magnetite or delta-ferrite type stainless steel. The support layer may comprise electromagnets. In some embodiments the field of the electromagnets can be adjusted or even reversed to allow easy removal of the outer skin layer for maintenance or replacement.
An airframe for an air vehicle
2017-06-14
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
IPC: | B64C AEROPLANES , Flugzeuge |