Device and method for increasing the aerodynamic lift of an aircraft
AssigneeAirbus Operations GmbH
InventorsCarsten Weber, Markus Fischer, Arne Grote, Rolf Radespiel, Martin Dreyer
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AssigneeAirbus Operations GmbH
InventorsCarsten Weber, Markus Fischer, Arne Grote, Rolf Radespiel, Martin Dreyer
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A lift arrangement for an aircraft includes an aircraft fuselage section with an outside, an aerodynamic lift body attached to the aircraft fuselage section and extending from the aircraft fuselage section outwardly, and a pair of movably held add-on bodies arranged upstream of a leading edge of the aerodynamic lift body. The add-on bodies include an aerodynamically effective surface and are equipped with incoming airflow to generate vortices that impinge on the aerodynamic lift body, thus leading to an increase in lift on the aerodynamic lift body. Thus the lift generation on a lift body is effectively influenced, in particular to compensate for loss of lift as a result of icing. The add-on bodies are moveable, and, can be moved to a neutral position in which they do not project into the flow around the aircraft, and are thus not effective from the point of view of fluid dynamics.
A lift arrangement for an aircraft, comprising:
An aircraft, comprising an aircraft fuselage with at least one lift arrangement comprising:
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