Aircraft antenna
AssigneeAirbus Operations GmbH
InventorsMatthijs Plokker, Sebastian Wicher, Michael Karwin
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Abstract
An aircraft antenna (101) including a radome (102) wherein the radome (102) has a main body (105) shaped to enclose one or more antennae (107) when the antenna (101) is attached to a fuselage skin portion (103), wherein the main body (105) includes a front surface portion (203), a rear surface portion (401), adjacent side surface portions (205,207), and an upper surface portion (209) that form a smooth outer aerodynamic surface (211) of the antenna (101), and wherein the upper surface (209) is substantially planar in shape along a length of 60% to 80% of a length (L) of the of the radome (102).
Claims20
An aircraft antenna including a radome, wherein the radome comprises:
- a main body shaped to enclose one or more antennae when the aircraft antenna is attached to a fuselage skin portion,
- wherein the main body comprises a front surface portion, a rear surface portion, adjacent side surface portions, and an upper surface portion that form a smooth outer aerodynamic surface, and
- wherein the upper surface includes a planar portion that is planar in shape and the planar portion has a length that is in a range of 60% to 80% of a maximum length of the radome.
An aircraft comprising:
- a fuselage having an outer skin surface and a longitudinal axis;
- an antenna mounted to the fuselage at the outer skin surface;
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- a radome including:
- a main body covering the antenna, wherein the main body includes a front surface portion, a rear surface portion, and adjacent side surface portions each extending to the outer skin surface and to an upper surface portion, wherein the front surface portion, the rear surface portion the adjacent side portions and the upper surface portion form a smooth outer aerodynamic surface,
- wherein the upper surface includes a planar portion which is planar along the longitudinal axis and the planar portion has a length along the longitudinal axis in a range of 60% to 80% of the maximum length of the radome.
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