Fairing system for a horizontal stabiliser of an aircraft and process for installing said system
View Patent ↗A fairing system for a horizontal stabilizer of an aircraft and to a process for installing said system, such that the fairing system for the sealing of the horizontal stabilizer and the fuselage of the aircraft includes a primary fairing arranged on the horizontal stabilizer of the aircraft, the primary fairing being solidly connected to the horizontal stabilizer which is in turn trimmable with respect to the fuselage, the fairing system in turn comprising a secondary fairing such that the primary fairing is coupled to the horizontal stabilizer through supports arranged in the direction of the chord of the primary fairing, said supports being located in the outer part of said primary fairing with respect to the fuselage, the secondary fairing being arranged in the outer part of the supports.
1. A fairing system for sealing of a horizontal stabiliser and a fuselage of an aircraft, comprising:
a primary fairing arranged on the horizontal stabiliser of the aircraft, the primary fairing being solidly connected to the horizontal stabiliser which is in turn trimmable with respect to the fuselage, the primary fairing being located adjacent to and outboard of the fuselage; and
a secondary fairing located outside of the fuselage such that the primary fairing is coupled to the horizontal stabiliser through supports arranged along an outer surface of the horizontal stabiliser, said supports being located outboard of said primary fairing and the fuselage, the secondary fairing being arranged outboard of the supports, the primary fairing, and the fuselage.
2. The fairing system according to claim 1 , wherein a surface of the fuselage and the primary fairing, are a distance apart, counteracting the suction effect tending to separate the fuselage from the primary fairing since there exists between both surfaces a difference of pressures, and since they are preloaded one on top of the other.
3. The fairing system according to claim 2 , wherein the distance is less than 50 mm.
4. The fairing system according to claim 1 , wherein the supports are fixed to skin of the horizontal stabiliser through a base comprising grooves.
5. The fairing system according to claim 1 , further comprising:
beads of sealing material to aerodynamically seal part of a coupling between the secondary fairing and skin of the stabiliser.
6. The fairing system according to claim 1 , wherein the primary fairing is made of a composite material.
7. The fairing system according to claim 6 , wherein the primary fairing is made of carbon fibre.
8. The fairing system according to claim 6 , wherein the secondary fairing is made of a composite material.
9. The fairing system according to claim 8 , wherein the secondary fairing is made of fibreglass.
10. A process for installing a fairing system according to claim 4 on the horizontal stabiliser of an aircraft, comprising
separately installing the supports with their base on the primary fairing;
placing the assembly formed by the primary fairing and the supports with their bases on the skin of the stabiliser, due to the adjustment or setting provided by the grooves of the mentioned bases; and
placing the secondary fairing on the previous assembly, thus fixing the primary fairing to the skin of the stabiliser, achieving an aerodynamic assembly.