Patent ID: 7721999
Filing Date: 2010-05-25
Classification: B64C,Y02T,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A method for manufacturing a wing, the method comprising: locating a first fairing and a second fairing proximate to the wing, the individual fairings including a first side and a second side laterally displaced from a longitudinal axis, wherein the first and second fairings each house (a) at least a portion of a drive mechanism configured to move one or more movable surfaces of the wing, (b) at least a portion of one or more supports associated with the corresponding movable surface, or (c) both (a) and (b); mounting the first fairing to the wing with a point of maximum curvature for at least one of a first side and a second side of the first fairing located approximately forward of a trailing edge of the wing; and mounting the second fairing to the wing outboard of the first fairing and with a point of maximum curvature for at least one of a first side and a second side of the second fairing located approximately aft of the trailing edge of the wing.