Wing/winglet configuration and aircraft including it
AssigneeDassault Aviation
InventorZdenek Johan
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Abstract
A wing/winglet configuration includes an airfoil and a winglet disposed at one end of said airfoil, said airfoil and said winglet defining an airfoil zone, a winglet zone and a connecting zone of connection of the winglet and the airfoil, a portion of the upper surface of the profile being flattened, in at least one part of said connecting zone, relative to the same portion of the upper surface of the profile of the airfoil zone, said flattened portion in at least one part of said connecting zone being a central portion of the upper surface of the profile. The invention relates also to an aircraft including such a wing/winglet configuration.
Claims11
A wing/winglet configuration including an airfoil and a winglet disposed at one end of said airfoil, said airfoil and said winglet defining an airfoil zone, a winglet zone and a connecting zone of connection of the winglet and of the airfoil, a portion of the upper surface of the profile being flattened, in at least one part of said connecting zone, relative to the same portion of the upper surface of the profile of the airfoil zone, wherein said flattened portion in at least one part of said connecting zone is a central portion of the upper surface of the profile.
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