An exemplary aircraft includes a wing positioned below a vertical rotor, the wing extending to an outboard end, and an anhedral winglet extending from the outboard end through an angular transition to a tip, the anhedral winglet having an external surface exposed to the rotor downwash and the external surface is contoured to generate local wing lift in response to the rotor downwash.
DOWNLOAD REDUCING WINGLETS FOR AIRCRAFT HAVING A ROTOR PRODUCING DOWNWASH AND METHOD OF OPERATING THE SAME
01.12.2022
Patent
Elektronische Ressource
Englisch
IPC: | B64C AEROPLANES , Flugzeuge |
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