Aircraft provided with a belly fairing, and corresponding belly fairing
View Patent ↗In an aircraft comprising a fuselage and a belly fairing, the fairing is made of two independent parts. For example, a first part of the fairing comprises a front section, a central section and a first portion of a rear section. A second part of the fairing comprises a second portion of the rear section. The second part can shift relative to the first part of the fairing. Also disclosed is a belly fairing for aircraft comprising two independent parts.
1. An aircraft comprising:
a fuselage,
a wing structure including at least two wings extending on either side of the fuselage,
a fairing, a periphery of said fairing being fixedly joined to said fuselage,
wherein the fairing comprises a first part and a second part, wherein the first part and the second part are two structurally independent parts, and wherein the second part of the fairing is shiftable relative to the first part of the fairing along a longitudinal axis of the aircraft.
2. The aircraft according to claim 1 , wherein the first part of the fairing comprises a front section, a central section and a first portion of a rear section, the second part of the fairing comprising a second portion of the rear section.
3. The aircraft according to claim 2 , further comprising two panels respectively joined fixedly to the first portion of the rear section of the fairing and joined fixedly to the second portion of the rear section of the fairing, the panels at least partially overlapping one another and being capable of sliding relative to one another.
4. The aircraft according to claim 3 , further comprising an intermediate layer positioned between the two panels, the layer being capable of reducing friction between the two panels.
5. The aircraft according to claim 4 , wherein the intermediate layer is a plastic material with a low coefficient of friction.
6. The aircraft according to claim 1 , wherein the first part of the fairing is provided with four devices for the localized fastening of said first part to internal structures of the fuselage.
7. The aircraft according to claim 1 , further comprising a compressible seal positioned between the first part and the second part of the fairing.
8. The aircraft according to claim 1 , further comprising at least one peripheral junction device capable of connecting a periphery of the two parts of the fairing to the fuselage.
9. The aircraft according to claim 1 , wherein the fairing is fixedly joined to a lower part of the fuselage.
10. The aircraft according to claim 1 , wherein the fairing is fixedly joined to an upper part of the fuselage.