Patent ID: 8740139
Filing Date: 2014-06-03
Classification: B64C,B64D,Y02T

Abstract:
1. An aircraft comprising a fuselage, a swept airfoil-shaped body projecting from said fuselage, an exposed propeller engine mounted to said airfoil-shaped body, and a strut that connects said exposed propeller engine to said airfoil-shaped body, wherein said airfoil-shaped body comprises a leading edge comprising a snag coincident with a mounting location of said exposed propeller engine and buried inside said strut, an inboard spanwise portion disposed between said fuselage and said exposed propeller engine, and an outboard spanwise portion disposed between said exposed propeller engine and a tip of said airfoil-shaped body, said inboard spanwise portion being offset in an aftwise direction relative to said outboard spanwise portion.