Integrated aircraft windshields and their manufacture methods

Aircraft having cab portions with integrated windshields are disclosed. The cab portion can include a rounded nose and a windshield positioned above and aft of a forward extremity of the rounded nose. A contour of the cab portion extending from the nose over the windshield aft of the nose can have a...

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Hauptverfasser: KEVIN M. RETZ, NICHOLAAS VOOGT, ANDREW SONES, MICHAEL G. FRIEND, CHRISTOPHER R. HOLTORF, MANNON L. WALLACE
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:Aircraft having cab portions with integrated windshields are disclosed. The cab portion can include a rounded nose and a windshield positioned above and aft of a forward extremity of the rounded nose. A contour of the cab portion extending from the nose over the windshield aft of the nose can have a generally continuously smooth, unkinked shape. In particular embodiments, the portion of the contour corresponding to the windshield can be convex when viewed from a position external to the cab portion, and the shape of the windshield can form a portion of a conical surface.