Aircraft fore structure
AssigneeAerospatiale Societe Nationale Industrielle
InventorsPascal Chaumel, Francis Dazet
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Abstract
An aircraft fore-structure for wide- and very-wide body freight aircraft that is characterized by the presence of a unpressurized landing gear compartment in the lower fore end section. The landing gear compartment is formed by a ceiling at the top, that is preferably domed, and by a partition towards the rear. A door that is provided in the partition provides access through the landing gear compartment to the pressurized compartment located behind said partition. An opening in the fore of the landing gear compartment also provides access to the radar chamber without requiring the radome to be dismantled. The original layout of the landing gear compartment enables fore landing gear to be installed that is larger than that in existing aircraft.
Claims11
An aircraft fore structure comprising:
- a pressurized compartment;
- and
- an unpressurized landing gear compartment that is suitable to house fore landing gear in the retracted position, in which the unpressurized landing gear compartment constitutes a lower fore end section of the fore structure, and the unpressurized landing gear compartment is separated from the pressurized compartment by a ceiling and a rear partition, wherein the landing gear compartment comprises an extension towards the rear, beyond said rear partition, the fore landing gear being hinged in said extension towards the rear such that it extends towards the fore in the landing gear compartment in the retracted position.
An aircraft fore structure comprising:
- a pressurized compartment;
- and
- an unpressurized landing gear compartment that is suitable to house fore landing gear in the retracted position, in which the unpressurized landing gear compartment constitutes a lower fore end section of the fore structure, and wherein a radar chamber, contained within a radome, is provided at the fore of the landing gear compartment and wherein said radar chamber is separated from said landing gear compartment by a fore partition that is provided with at least one access opening.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.