Patent ID: 8136757
Filing Date: 2012-03-20
Classification: B64C,Y02T

Abstract:
1. A wing for an aircraft for reducing the induced drag that is increased as a result of at least one propeller slipstream flowing onto the wing, the wing comprising: a first region with at least one of a reduced local wing camber and reduced local twist, and a second region with at least one of an increased local wing camber and increased local twist, wherein the first region is defined as a wing surface situated downstream of the propeller slipstream, upstream of which wing surface the blades of the propeller move upwards, and wherein the second region is defined as a wing surface situated downstream of the propeller slipstream, upstream of which wing surface the blades of the propeller move downwards; in which the first region comprises a reduced local wing camber, and the second region comprises an increased local wing camber.