ELECTRONICALLY SYNCHRONIZED FLAP SYSTEM

An electronically-synchronized flap system for a fixed-wing aircraft including a first wing (120) including a first flap panel (122), the first flap panel (122) being connected with a first in-board actuator (124) and a first out-board actuator(126), and a second wing (130) including a second flap p...

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Main Authors BAKER, JEFFREY A, TORRES, PETER A, NEELY, JOHN D, THOMPSON, ANDREW
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
French
Published 10.01.2013
Subjects
AEROPLANES
AIRCRAFT
AVIATION
COSMONAUTICS
HELICOPTERS
PERFORMING OPERATIONS
TRANSPORTING
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Summary:An electronically-synchronized flap system for a fixed-wing aircraft including a first wing (120) including a first flap panel (122), the first flap panel (122) being connected with a first in-board actuator (124) and a first out-board actuator(126), and a second wing (130) including a second flap panel(132), the second flap panel (132) being connected with a second in-board actuator (134) and a second out-board actuator (136). The system further includes an electronic control unit (ECU) (114) configured to control the first and second in-board and out-board actuators to electronically synchronize the positions of the first and second flap panels.
Bibliography:Application Number: CA20122840391