Mobile leading edge flap for a main wing of the aerofoils of an aircraft and main wing provided with such a flap
AssigneeSonaca S.A.
InventorsChristian Overbergh, Michel Hautecoeur
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AssigneeSonaca S.A.
InventorsChristian Overbergh, Michel Hautecoeur
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The invention relates to a leading edge mobile flap (16) for a main wing of an aircraft, this flap including an aerodynamic skin (18) that has a bird impact-sensitive frontal area (24), and a rear skin (28) integral with the aerodynamic skin (18), the flap also comprising a plurality of ribs (34) spaced out along a leading edge longitudinal direction (X′). According to the invention, the flap additionally includes, between two directly consecutive ribs, a single rigid bird trajectory-deflecting wall (42) anchored to the skins (18, 28). Furthermore, in a cross-section taken along any plane orthogonal to the direction (X′), the wall (42) forms with a geometric chord (26) of the flap an angle (α1) with a value of less than 45°.
Leading edge mobile flap (16) for a main wing (4) of the wing system of an aircraft (1), said flap including an aerodynamic skin (18) that has a bird impact-sensitive frontal area (24), and a rear skin (28) extending between and intergral with a trailing edge (22a) of an upper surface portion (22) of the aerodynamic skin (18) and with a trailing edge (20a) of a lower surface portion (20) of this skin (18), said flap also comprising a plurality of ribs (32, 34, 40) spaced out along a leading edge longitudinal direction (X′), characterised in that the flap additionally includes, between two directly consecutive ribs, a single rigid bird trajectory-deflecting wall (42) anchored to the aerodynamic skin (18) and to the rear skin (28), this wall (42) being capable of deflecting the trajectory of a bird subsequent to it impacting against said impact area (24), and in that in a cross-section taken along any plane orthogonal to the leading edge longitudinal direction (X′), said rigid deflecting wall (42) forms with a geometric chord (26) of the flap an angle (α1) with a value of less than 45°.
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