AIRCRAFT FOR COMMERCIAL AIR TRAVEL AND A METHOD OF MANUFACTURE
Aspects related to aircraft for commercial air travel and methods of manufacture. An aircraft includes a blended wing body, a single deck located within the blended wing body, wherein the single deck additionally includes a passenger compartment located in a lateral middle portion of the blended wing body and at least a cargo store located laterally outside the passenger compartment, and a landing gear, wherein the landing gear includes at least a nose gear located substantially forward of the single deck and at least a main gear located substantially aft of the single deck, wherein one or more of the at least a nose gear and the at least a main gear occupies a gear housing that overlaps with a plane coincident with at least a portion of the single deck.
1 . An aircraft, the aircraft comprising:
a blended wing body;
a single deck located within the blended wing body, wherein the single deck comprises a passenger compartment;
at least a cargo store, wherein the at least a cargo store is located laterally outside the passenger compartment; and
a landing gear, wherein the landing gear comprises:
at least a nose gear; and
at least a main gear, wherein:
one or more of the at least a nose gear and the at least a main gear occupies a gear housing; and
the at least a nose gear and the at least a main gear comprises an extended position and a retracted position.
2 . The aircraft of claim 1 , wherein the single deck comprises a plurality of bays, wherein each of the plurality of bays comprises a floor that is not in plane with another bay.
3 . The aircraft of claim 1 , wherein the passenger compartment is located substantially between the at least a nose gear and the at least a main gear.
4 . The aircraft of claim 1 , wherein the at least a cargo store is pressurized.
5 . The aircraft of claim 1 , wherein the at least a main gear is located substantially aft of the single deck.
6 . The aircraft of claim 1 , wherein the at least a cargo store comprises a port cargo store and a starboard cargo store.
7 . The aircraft of claim 1 , further comprising:
a sandwich structure formed with a floor structure and a OML structure, wherein:
a plurality of transverse elements is configured to link the floor structure and the OML structure; and
a plurality of longitudinal elements is configured to transmit shear longitudinally.
8 . The aircraft of claim 1 , wherein the at least a main gear comprises at least two landing gear assemblies.
9 . The aircraft of claim 1 , further comprising:
a high wing geometry, wherein an egress path is near ground level when the landing gear is in a raised position.
10 . The aircraft of claim 9 , wherein the cargo store is located partially over the single deck in the high wing geometry.
11 . A method of manufacture for an aircraft for commercial air travel, the method comprising:
receiving a blended wing body;
locating a single deck within the blended wing body, wherein the single deck comprises a passenger compartment;
locating at least a cargo store laterally outside the passenger compartment;
locating at least a nose gear; and
locating at least a main gear, wherein:
one or more of the at least a nose gear and the at least a main gear occupies a gear housing; and
the at least a nose gear and the at least a main gear comprises an extended position and a retracted position.
12 . The method of claim 11 , wherein the single deck comprises a plurality of bays, wherein each of the plurality of bays comprises a floor that is not in plane with another bay.
13 . The method of claim 11 , further comprising:
locating the passenger compartment substantially between the at least a nose gear and the at least a main gear.
14 . The method of claim 11 , wherein the at least a cargo store is pressurized.
15 . The method of claim 11 , further comprising:
locating, the at least a main gear substantially aft of the single deck.
16 . The method of claim 11 , wherein the at least a cargo store comprises a port cargo store and a starboard cargo store.
17 . The method of claim 11 , further comprising:
forming a sandwich structure, wherein the sandwich structure comprises a floor structure and a OML structure;
linking, using a plurality of transverse elements, the floor structure and the OML structure; and
transmitting, using a plurality of longitudinal elements, shear longitudinally.
18 . The method of claim 11 , wherein the at least a main gear comprises at least two landing gear assemblies.
19 . The method of claim 11 , wherein the aircraft further comprises a high wing geometry, wherein an egress path is near ground level when the landing gear is in the retracted position.
20 . The method of claim 19 , further comprising:
locating the cargo store partially over the single deck in the high wing geometry.