Split spiroid
AssigneeAviation Partners, Inc.
InventorLouis B. Gratzer
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Abstract
The spiroid wing tip according to embodiments of the invention including a continuous segmental assembly having a closed loop frontal profile comprising a lower near vertical segment, a horizontal segment, a vertical segment, a second horizontal upper segment, and a near vertical segment. Accordingly to some embodiments of the invention, the spiroid profile is lowered with respect to the wing chord plane, such that a portion of the spiroid wing tip extends below the wing chord plane.
Claims17
A spiroid wing tip designed for attachment to an aircraft wing having an aircraft wing leading edge and an aircraft wing trailing edge, the spiroid wing tip comprising:
- an enclosed loop, comprising:
- a beginning section including a leading edge generally continuous with the aircraft wing leading edge;
- an ending section having a trailing edge swept rearward with respect to the aircraft wing trailing edge;
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- middle section between the beginning section and the ending section, the middle section including a portion extending above a chord plane of the aircraft wing.
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