Patent ID: 8657233

Claim:
A tail-cone of an aircraft comprising: a skin whose interior houses an auxiliary power unit (APU) supported by fixing means; wherein the tail-cone has a longitudinal axis, the skin includes an upper half fixed to the tail-cone and a movable fairing which consists of a lower longitudinal section of the skin, a perimeter of said lower longitudinal section mates with a perimeter of said upper half, the upper half being located above the longitudinal axis of the tail-cone and the lower longitudinal section being located below the longitudinal axis of the tail-cone, the upper half always is positioned above the lower longitudinal section relative to the longitudinal axis, the movable fairing being displaceable by a swing articulated mechanism configured to swing the movable fairing from a closed position in which the skin is kept closed housing the APU to an open position in which access is permitted to the APU.