Retractable aerodynamic device permitting the control of the wake trajectory of an aircraft trap
View Patent ↗An aircraft provided with a wall having an exterior surface in contact with air flows external to the aircraft, an internal cavity in the aircraft, recessed relative to the exterior surface of the wall, at least one mobile trapdoor, which in closed position prolongs the exterior surface in such a way as to shut off the cavity from the exterior, and which in open position projects relative to the exterior surface in such a way as to open the cavity to the exterior, and provided with at least one mobile aerodynamic deflector, whose movement is slaved to that of the at least one trapdoor, the at least one aerodynamic deflector projecting relative to the exterior surface in a zone thereof situated outside the zone covered by the at least one trapdoor when the at least one trapdoor is open.
1. An aircraft comprising:
a wall having an exterior surface in contact with air flows external to the aircraft;
an internal cavity in the aircraft recessed relative to the exterior surface of the wall;
at least one mobile trapdoor which in a closed position prolongs the exterior surface in such a way as to shut off the cavity from the exterior, and which in an open position projects relative to the exterior surface in such a way as to open the cavity to the exterior;
a transducer positioned on the exterior surface of the wall; and
at least one mobile aerodynamic deflector whose movement is slaved to that of the at least one trapdoor, the at least one mobile aerodynamic deflector deflecting airflow from the at least one mobile trapdoor when the at least one mobile trapdoor is in the open position such that the airflow from the at least one mobile trapdoor is deflected away from the transducer.
2. The aircraft according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one aerodynamic deflector is mechanically attached to the at least one trapdoor.
3. The aircraft according to claim 1 , wherein the transducer is an air pressure sensor.
4. The aircraft according to claim 1 or 2 , wherein the at least one aerodynamic deflector comprises a first part known as active part, which projects relative to the exterior surface when the trapdoor is open and which is retracted when the trapdoor is closed.
5. The aircraft according to claim 4 , wherein the at least one aerodynamic deflector comprises a second part connected in articulated manner to the said at least one trapdoor.
6. The aircraft according to claim 4 , wherein the active part of the at least one deflector has the form of a plate of general longitudinal shape that is disposed along an aircraft fuselage.
7. The aircraft according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one aerodynamic deflector is mounted pivotally around a fixed shaft.
8. The aircraft according to claim 7 , wherein two parts of the at least one aerodynamic deflector extend on both sides of the fixed shaft.
9. The aircraft according to claim 7 , wherein the fixed shaft of the at least one aerodynamic deflector is substantially parallel to a pivot shaft of the at least one trapdoor.