Airflow guide structure and aircraft
The aircraft includes a fuselage, a front wing and a rear wing provided to extend laterally from the fuselage for generating lift during cruise, a boom extending in a front-back direction supported by these wings to be spaced apart from the fuselage, a VTOL rotor supported on the boom and having one or more blades for generating thrust in a vertical direction during take-off and landing, a cooling system for cooling the VTOL rotor by using a radiator arranged within the boom, and an airflow guide structure provided in a part of the boom for guiding airflow generated by rotation of the blades to the radiator, and having an inlet provided on a side that faces toward a rotational direction of the blades relative to a rotational axis of the VTOL rotor, of a surface of the boom positioned below a plane of rotation of the blades.
1. An aircraft comprising:
fuselage;
a wing body that is provided to extend laterally from the fuselage and configured to generate lift during cruise;
a boom extending in a front-back direction that is supported by the wing body to be spaced apart from the fuselage;
a rotor that is supported on the boom, the rotor having one or more blades configured to generate thrust in a vertical direction during take-off and landing;
a cooling apparatus configured to cool the rotor by using a radiator arranged within the boom; and
an airflow guide structure provided in a part of the boom and configured to guide airflow, which is generated by rotation of the one or more blades rotating around a rotational axis of the rotor, to the radiator, wherein
the airflow guide structure includes an inlet that is provided on a surface of the boom positioned below a plane of the rotation of the one or more blades, and
the inlet faces opposite to a direction of a movement of the rotating one or more blades.
2. The aircraft according to claim 1 , wherein the inlet is provided between an upper portion and a side portion of the boom.
3. The aircraft according to claim 1 , wherein the inlet is provided on the boom and tilted relative to the rotational axis of the rotor to face toward a rotational direction of the one or more blades with respect to an upward direction.
4. The aircraft according to claim 2 , wherein the inlet is provided on the boom and tilted relative to the rotational axis of the rotor to face toward a rotational direction of the one or more blades with respect to an upward direction.
5. The aircraft according to claim 1 , wherein the airflow guide structure further includes an outlet provided on a lower side of the boom.
6. The aircraft according to claim 2 , wherein the airflow guide structure further includes an outlet provided on a lower side of the boom.
7. The aircraft according to claim 3 , wherein the airflow guide structure further includes an outlet provided on a lower side of the boom.
8. The aircraft according to claim 5 , wherein the outlet is positioned on a side of a lower portion of the boom, the side following a rotational direction of the one or more blades relative to a rotational axis of the rotor.
9. The aircraft according to claim 5 , wherein the outlet is positioned on a side of a lower portion of the boom, the side being opposite from the inlet with respect to the rotational axis of the rotor.
10. The aircraft according to claim 8 , wherein the outlet is positioned on a side of a lower portion of the boom, the side being opposite from the inlet with respect to the rotational axis of the rotor.
11. The aircraft according to claim 5 , wherein the outlet is formed to face more downward relative to the inlet.
12. The aircraft according to claim 8 , wherein the outlet is formed to face more downward relative to the inlet.
13. The aircraft according to claim 5 , wherein the radiator is arranged between the inlet and the outlet within the boom.
14. The aircraft according to claim 8 , wherein the radiator is arranged between the inlet and the outlet within the boom.
15. The aircraft according to claim 13 , wherein the radiator is tilted relative to the rotational axis of the rotor and one plane of the radiator faces toward the inlet and/or another plane of the radiator faces toward the outlet.
16. The aircraft according to claim 5 , wherein the boom includes a lower-side beam that is installed on a lower side of the outlet.
17. The aircraft according to claim 8 , wherein the boom includes a lower-side beam that is installed on a lower side of the outlet.
18. The aircraft according to claim 1 , wherein the boom includes an upper-side beam that is installed on an upper side of the inlet.
19. The aircraft according to claim 2 , wherein the boom includes an upper-side beam that is installed on an upper side of the inlet.