A rotary wing aircraft that extends along an associated roll axis between a nose region and an aft region and that comprises a fuselage with a front section and a rear section, wherein the rear section extends between the front section and the aft region, the rotary wing aircraft comprising: a propeller that is rotatably mounted at the rear section in the aft region, a main rotor that is rotatably mounted at the front section, and a source of asymmetry that is connected to the front section such that the front section comprises at least in sections an asymmetrical cross-sectional profile in direction of the associated roll axis, wherein the source of asymmetry is configured to generate sideward thrust for main rotor anti-torque from main rotor downwash.
Rotary wing aircraft with an asymmetrical front section
2024-09-10
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
IPC: | B64C AEROPLANES , Flugzeuge |
A ROTARY WING AIRCRAFT WITH AN ASYMMETRICAL FRONT SECTION
European Patent Office | 2024
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