Aircraft comprising fairings for correcting its dissymmetry or lateral asymmetry
AssigneeAirbus Operations GmbH
InventorsCyril Guichot, Fabien Latourelle
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Abstract
An aircraft having an asymmetry or a lateral geometric dissymmetry and comprising at least one pair of wings to each of which are fixed at least one fairing, each fairing comprising a surface connected to the lower surface of the wing and extending longitudinally in the direction of a longitudinal axis of the fuselage. The surface of at least one of the fairings has at least one local geometric deformation which is suitable for producing a corrective rolling moment to compensate for the undesirable rolling moment produced by the asymmetry or the lateral dissymmetry of the aircraft.
Claims11
An aircraft comprising a fuselage and at least one pair of wings arranged on either side of the fuselage symmetrically with respect to a plane of symmetry of the wings, at least one fairing being fixed to each of the wings, each fairing comprising a fairing surface connected to the lower surface of the wing and extending longitudinally in the direction of a longitudinal axis of the fuselage, the aircraft having an asymmetry or a lateral dissymmetry such that a center of gravity of the aircraft is not situated in the plane of symmetry of the wings, wherein said fairing surface has at least one local geometric deformation which is suitable for producing a corrective rolling moment to compensate for the undesirable rolling moment produced by the asymmetry or the lateral dissymmetry of the aircraft.
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