Pivoting sail fairing
AssigneeLockheed Martin Corporation
InventorJonathan Witt
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Abstract
According to an aspect, a pivoting sail fairing system includes a rotatable fairing, for rotation about a first axis of rotation of an aircraft, that includes a housing that defines a compartment arranged inward from the housing, the housing including a first orifice on a first surface and a second orifice on a second surface of the housing, and a first actuator mounted on a surface of the compartment inward from the housing
Claims20
A fairing system, the system comprising:
- a rotatable fairing, for rotation about a first axis of rotation of an aircraft, comprising a housing that defines a compartment arranged inward from the housing, the housing comprising a first orifice on a first surface and a second orifice on a second surface of the housing;
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- a first actuator mounted on a surface of the compartment inward from the housing.
The system of claim 9, wherein the first actuator is a spring-based actuator and the second actuator is a piston-based actuator.
A rotary wing aircraft comprising:
- a rotor shaft;
- a rotatable fairing connected to the rotor shaft for rotation about a first axis of rotation;
- a first actuator mounted to the rotor shaft and in operable communication with the fairing,
- wherein the first actuator is operable to adjust an angle of rotation of the fairing about the first axis of rotation.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.