Patent ID: 6299109
Filing Date: 2001-10-09
Classification: B64C,Y02T

Abstract:
A spoiler arrangement intended to be used with a wing including a landing flap having a landing flap surface, said spoiler arrangement comprisinga spoiler capable of being unfolded during landing and take-off of a plane and retracted during cruising of said plane and having a spoiler trailing edge viewed in a direction opposite to a flight direction, anda structural member arranged on said spoiler trailing edge on a side of said spoiler opposite to a side of said spoiler engaging said landing flap surface,said structural member having a free end curved in a direction towards said landing flap,and wherein said spoiler trailing edge and said landing flap surface are in mutual arrangement so as to form a gap between said spoiler trailing edge and said landing flap surface during landing and take-off with said spoiler unfolded and said landing flap extended, and said structural member is constructed to reduce said gap formed between said spoiler trailing edge and said landing flap surface and to abut on said landing flap surface during cruising with said landing flap pulled in and said spoiler retracted.