Aircraft with a Rear Fuselage Protection Shield
AssigneeAirbus Operations S.L.
InventorsCesar Bautista De La Llave, Bernardo Lopez Romano, Angel Postigo Rodriguez, Jose Sanchez Gomez
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Abstract
The invention relates to an aircraft with a protection shield for the rear composite material, fuselage 25) for conducting tail impact tests, in addition to a tail absorber, the shield (11) being formed by a plurality of pieces (21) joined to supports (23) fixed to the rear fuselage (25) behind the tail absorber (1), said pieces (21) having a laminar structure with an outer steel sheet (13), an inner composite sheet (17) and an intermediate high resistance silicon sheet (15).
Claims2
- An aircraft with the rear composite fuselage (25) comprising, for conducting tail impact tests, a tail absorber (1), characterized in that it also comprises, for conducting said tests, a shield (11) formed by a plurality of pieces (21) joined to supports (23) fixed to the rear fuselage (25) behind the tail absorber (1), said pieces (21) having a laminar structure with an outer steel sheet (13), an inner composite sheet (17) and an intermediate high resistance silicon sheet (15).
- An aircraft according to claim 1, characterized in that the shield (11) also comprises stabilizing stiffeners (27) to provide support of its pieces (21) on the rear fuselage (25).