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US 2010/0148010 A1Published application
Aircraft wing modification and related methods
AssigneeA Partnership of Jim Langley and Courtney Hunter
InventorCourtney Heath Hunter
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Abstract
A transferable modified leading edge for a wing is detachably mountable to a parent wing. The parent wing may use a NACA 23000-series airfoil. A modified wing tip may be used in conjunction with the modified leading edge. The modified leading edge can be mounted to a parent wing in a way that does not damage the parent wing. The modified leading edge and wing tip can provide increased lift.
Claims32
A modified leading edge for a wing, the modified leading edge comprising:
- a plurality of pads affixable to a wing to be modified, and
- a leading edge comprising a connector detachably removable from the plurality of pads.
A composite airfoil comprising:
- a central portion and trailing edge having a profile corresponding to a first airfoil having a first chord length, a first chord line and a first camber line;
- and,
- a leading edge having a profile corresponding to a front section of a second airfoil having a second chord length, the second airfoil having a second Chord line inclined downwardly at an angle α with respect to a first chord line of the first airfoil and a second camber line,
- wherein the second camber line intersects the first camber line at a location forward of the trailing edge by a distance in the range of 84 to 93 percent of the first chord length.
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