Braced wing aircraft
AssigneeAirbus Helicopters Deutschland GmbH
InventorsMartin Blacha, Axel Fink
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Abstract
A braced wing aircraft with a fuselage and a fixed wing arrangement, the fixed wing arrangement comprising at least two braced wings that are arranged laterally and opposite to each other on the fuselage, each one of the at least two braced wings comprising at least one upper wing and at least one lower wing which are staggered and interconnected at a predetermined transition region, the at least one upper wing being connected to the fuselage at an associated upper wing root and the at least one lower wing being connected to the fuselage at an associated lower wing root.
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A braced wing aircraft with a fuselage and a fixed wing arrangement, the fixed wing arrangement comprising at least two braced wings that are arranged laterally and opposite to each other on the fuselage, each one of the at least two braced wings comprising at least one upper wing and at least one lower wing which are staggered and interconnected at a predetermined transition region, the at least one upper wing being connected to the fuselage at an associated upper wing root and the at least one lower wing being connected to the fuselage at an associated lower wing root, wherein the at least one upper wing comprises at least one upper wing spar that extends from the associated upper wing root to the predetermined transition region, and wherein the at least one lower wing comprises at least one lower wing spar that extends from the predetermined transition region to the associated lower wing root, wherein at least one transition spar is provided at the predetermined transition region, the at least one transition spar connecting the at least one upper wing spar to the at least one lower wing spar, and wherein the at least one upper wing spar, the at least one lower wing spar, and the at least one transition spar are arranged in a single spars plane that is inclined relative to a vertical aircraft axis.
A braced wing aircraft with a fuselage and a fixed wing arrangement, the fixed wing arrangement comprising at least two braced wings that are arranged laterally and on opposite sides of the fuselage, each one of the at least two braced wings comprising an upper wing and a lower wing which are staggered and interconnected at a predetermined transition region, the upper wing connected to the fuselage at an associated upper wing root and the lower wing connected to the fuselage at an associated lower wing root, the upper wing comprising an upper wing spar extending from the associated upper wing root to the predetermined transition region, and the lower wing comprising a lower wing spar extending from the predetermined transition region to the associated lower wing root, the predetermined transition region having a transition spar connecting the upper wing spar to the lower wing spar, wherein the upper wing spar, the lower wing spar, and the transition spar are arranged in a single spars plane that is inclined relative to a vertical aircraft axis.
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