Landing flap system

Details Landing flap system Landing flap system

1988-04-21

1989-11-21

Peters, Jr., Joseph F.

Aeronautics and astronautics

Aircraft sustentation

Sustaining airfoils

B64C 338

Patent

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048817040

ABSTRACT:
A landing flap system in an aircraft wing, includes an upper and a lower track and a drive for a tandem, flap moving carriage, being composed of an inner carriage having a plurality of rollers for running on the upper track and an outer carriage having at least two rollers for running on the lower track; a hinge pin interconnects the carriages and connects them to the landing flap; a second hinge connects the outer carriage to the landing flap; a thrust and tension rod hingedly connects the outer carriage to the drive; and further rollers are arranged at an acute angle to an axis that extends vertically to such axes and to an axis that is parallel to the longer internal axis of the craft, the further rollers balancing the carriages.

REFERENCES:
patent: 2938680 (1960-05-01), Greene et al.

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