Devices and systems of the inventive concept provide an aircraft flap system is deflected to achieve minimum drag in cruise, maximum coefficient of lift (CL) at low speed, and minimum download in hover. It does so by opening a gap or slot between an aircraft's wing body and an associated trailing flap during hover flight, while providing a continuous aerodynamic contour under other conditions.
Slotted Wing Flaps For A VTOL Aircraft
2020-07-30
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
IPC: | B64C AEROPLANES , Flugzeuge |
Aircraft high lift device with double slotted flaps and fixed-wing aircraft
European Patent Office | 2023
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