Aircraft
AssigneeLiebherr-Aerospace Lindenberg GmbH
InventorsBernhard Hauber, Tanja Muenz
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Abstract
The present invention relates to an aircraft having at least one flap arranged at the wing of the aircraft and having at least one first drive unit for actuating the flap as a landing flap and a first control unit for controlling the first drive unit when the aircraft is in a landing mode of operation, wherein the aircraft comprises at least one second drive unit which is an active differential gear box for actuating the flap as an aileron and a second control unit for controlling the second drive unit when the aircraft performs an aileron function.
Claims12
An aircraft having at least one flap arranged at the wing of the aircraft and having at least one first drive unit for actuating the flap as a landing flap and a first control unit for controlling the first drive unit when the aircraft is in a landing mode of operation, wherein
- the aircraft comprises at least one second drive unit which is or comprises an active differential gear box for actuating the flap as an aileron and a second control unit for controlling the second drive unit when the aircraft performs an aileron function.
A method of operating an aircraft having at least one flap arranged at the wing of the aircraft and having at least one first drive unit for adjusting the flap in the landing mode of the aircraft, wherein
- the aircraft furthermore has at least one first control unit which controls the first drive unit of the aircraft when the aircraft is landing,
- the aircraft comprises at least one second drive unit which is an active differential gear box and at least one second control unit which controls the aileron function of the aircraft, and
- the second drive unit is activated when the aircraft performs an aileron function.
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