Patent ID: 6554228
Filing Date: 2003-04-29
Classification: B64G

Abstract:
An aerodynamic, fairing, comprising:a base end comprised of first and second portions, wherein said base end is configured to be connectable to a cylinder shaped portion of a body; a leading edge portion, configured, in a inboard plane, where said inboard plane is substantially parallel to the centerline for the cylinder shaped portion and substantially tangent to an inboard reference plane, wherein the leading edge is substantially symmetric about the centerline and has a width which is substantially equal to the diameter of the cylinder shaped portion; a inboard surface configured to extend from the leading edge to the base end along a first line coplanar with the bottom plane and parallel to the center line, where said bottom surface is further configured to maintain the width and transition to form the first portion of the base end; and a outboard surface which is substantially opposite the inboard surface and extends from the leading edge towards the base end, where the outboard surface is configured with a canted ogive cross section in a second plane, where the second plane is substantially coplanar with the centerline and substantially perpendicular to the inboard plane, wherein the outboard surface is further configured to maintain the width and transition to form the second portion of the base end.