Patent ID: 8038103
Filing Date: 2011-10-18
Classification: B64C,Y02T

Abstract:
1. A method for operating an aircraft wing, comprising: moving a wing trailing edge device from a stowed position to a deployed position by rotating the trailing edge device about a hinge line located forward of an intersection point between an upper surface of the trailing edge device and the wing so as to open an airflow gap between a leading edge of the trailing edge device and the wing; and allowing freestream air to pass though the gap while the trailing edge device is in the deployed position; wherein the trailing edge device has a trailing edge, a chord length C between the leading edge and the trailing edge, and an external surface that includes the upper surface and a lower surface, and wherein the intersection point between the trailing edge device and the wing results when the trailing edge device is in the stowed position, and wherein on a graph depicting locations forward and aft of the intersection point along an x-axis, and locations above and below the intersection point along a y-axis, the hinge line is positioned forward of and above a series of generally straight line segments line passing through the following coordinates: (0.05*C, −0.05*C), (0.1*C, −0.2*C), (0.2*C, −0.3*C), (0.5*C, −0.4*C), and (1.0*C, −0.5*C.