Wing for short take-off and landing aircraft
AssigneeDornier GmbH
InventorsHans-Jorg Proksch, Dieter Welte, Herbert Zimmer, Michael Lotz, deceased
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Abstract
Profile design for aircraft lift-wings in general aviation up to flight speeds of about 700 km/h, the profile design being determined by the path of the center line with a forward (first) and rear (second) camber maximum and with a profile droplet superposed on the center line and of a specific thickness distribution, and by the design of the profile nose to have a relatively small nose radius and relatively strong camber.
Claims2
A profile shape for wings of short take-off and landing aircraft, for cruising speeds up to about 700 km/h, which comprises a profile having a center line in combination with a nose radius to achieve the maximum possible lift as well as the least possible trimming drag for take-off or cruising, where the center line (S) includes a first forward point (b.sub.1) at about x/l=0.15 with a first camber maximum of about 1.54% of the length (l), a rear point (b.sub.2) at about x/l=0.7 with a second camber maximum which is about 1.94% of the length (l), a point (b.sub.3) located between the points (b.sub.1 and b.sub.2) and at about x/l=0.4 representing a camber minimum of about 1.4% of the length (l), and where a profile droplet is superposed on the center line (S) and evinces a thickness distribution D having a forward point of about y.sub.D /l=0.059 at about x/l=0.15, by a point y.sub.D /l=0.08 at about x/l=0.42, a point of about y.sub.D /l=0.052 at about x/l=0.7, and by a rear point of about y.sub.D /l=0.007 at about x/l=1.0, and said profile also having a nose radius (r) of about r/l=0.0145.
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