Patent ID: 6152404
Filing Date: 2000-11-28
Classification: B64C,Y02T

Abstract:
In an aircraft having a fuselage, a wing connected to said fuselage at a root area of said wing, and a leading edge slat movably arranged at a leading edge of said wing so as to be extendable to an extended position and retractable to a retracted position relative to said wing, an improved apparatus for influencing a wing root airflow over said wing at said root area, wherein said wing has a separation edge let into said leading edge adjacent said root area, an inboard edge of said slat borders along said separation edge when said slat is in said retracted position, and said improved apparatus comprises a vortex generator arranged on said slat at said inboard edge thereof and a transition fairing arranged on said wing at said separation edge so as to provide an aerodynamic transition from said separation edge toward said slat.