METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR OPEN ROTOR ENGINE FUSELAGE PROTECTION

An aircraft 100 and method of operating the aircraft 100 are provided. The aircraft 100 includes a fuselage 102 including a nose 104, a tail 106, and a hollow, elongate body 108 extending therebetween, a wing 110 extending laterally away from the fuselage 102, the wing 110 including a leading edge 1...

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Hauptverfasser:	WOOD, Trevor Howard, GOERIG, Trevor Wayne, MILLER, Brandon Wayne, BREEZE-STRINGFELLOW, Andrew, PRENTICE, Ian Francis, RAMAKRISHNAN, Kishore
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng ; fre ; ger
Schlagworte:	AEROPLANES AIRCRAFT ARRANGEMENTS OR MOUNTING OF POWER PLANTS OR PROPULSIONTRANSMISSIONS IN AIRCRAFT AVIATION COSMONAUTICS EQUIPMENT FOR FITTING IN OR TO AIRCRAFT FLYING SUITS HELICOPTERS PARACHUTES PERFORMING OPERATIONS TRANSPORTING
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Zusammenfassung:	An aircraft 100 and method of operating the aircraft 100 are provided. The aircraft 100 includes a fuselage 102 including a nose 104, a tail 106, and a hollow, elongate body 108 extending therebetween, a wing 110 extending laterally away from the fuselage 102, the wing 110 including a leading edge 114 in a direction 116 of motion of the aircraft 100 during normal flight and a trailing edge 118 on an opposing edge of the wing 110, and an engine 120 configured to drive a bladed rotatable member 122, the engine 120 coupled to at least one of the wing 110 and the fuselage 102. The aircraft 100 further includes at least one of a forward chine member 123 and an aft chine member 132 extending from the fuselage 102 at a point 124 forward of the engine 120 aftward to a point 128 aft of the bladed rotatable member 122.