Patent ID: 8292220
Filing Date: 2012-10-23
Classification: B64C

Abstract:
1. A flying wing aircraft having an exterior surface, the aircraft comprising: an airframe including a forward fuselage segment and an aft fuselage segment; left and right propulsion segments adapted to mate to said fuselage segments; left and right wing segments adapted to mate with said left and right propulsion segments respectively; and a center section formed to define a recess for receiving one of a plurality of compartment systems, each compartment system being insertable within the recess, the center section further being engagable to the forward fuselage segment and to the aft fuselage segment; each compartment system defining a lower surface, side surfaces, a front surface, a rear surface, and a top surface such that, upon insertion within the center section recess, the lower surface defines a portion of the aircraft exterior surface, and the side surfaces and top surface are disposed within the recess.