Buoyancy system for an aircraft comprising roll stabilization means
AssigneeSafran Aerosystems
InventorEric Van-Thiel
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Abstract
The invention relates to a buoyancy system, intended to be connected to a structure of an aircraft comprising roll stabilization means comprising at least one floating mat, intended to be deployed on a water surface to reduce a rolling motion of the aircraft.
Claims8
A buoyancy system to be connected to a structure of an aircraft, the buoyancy system comprising roll stabilization means comprising at least one floating mat to be deployed on a water surface to reduce a rolling motion of the aircraft;
- wherein the floating mat has a flexibility so as to allow the floating mat to follow a shape of the water surface.
A buoyancy system to be connected to a structure of an aircraft, the buoyancy system comprising roll stabilization means comprising at least one floating mat to be deployed on a water surface to reduce a rolling motion of the aircraft;
- wherein the floating mat is equipped with drag means intended to allow an increase in a drag force relative to the water.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.