Abstract:
An aircraft tail cone comprising a fuselage in which avionic equipment is housed. The tail cone comprises two lateral hatches formed in the fuselage, at least one hatch being formed on each of the two opposite sides of the fuselage. Each hatch is mounted removably with respect to the fuselage so as to take up a closed first position in which the hatch closes a lateral opening in the fuselage, and an open second position in which the open hatch allows access to the inside of the tail cone through the corresponding opening The avionic equipment that requires regular inspection and/or maintenance operations is housed in a part of the tail cone which is accessible through the two lateral openings in the fuselage to a person who remains on the outside of the fuselage.
Abstract:
An auxiliary power device may be exteriorly removably connected to an aircraft in order to allow the increase of the performance data of the aircraft, namely at take-off and landing. The auxiliary power device includes a propeller (or fan) connected to an electric engine fed by an electric power supply.
Abstract:
An aircraft fuselage frame including a central element adapted to be located within the perimeter of the fuselage, and two lateral extensions projecting outside the perimeter of the fuselage from both sides of the central element that are a portion of a longitudinal structure of a lifting surface. The central element and the two lateral extensions are configured as an integrated piece.
Abstract:
A propeller for a turbomachine intended to be driven in rotation about a propeller rotation axis and including variable pitch blades. The propeller further includes a structure for radial retention of the blades in the event of them breaking. The retaining structure extends around the propeller rotation axis and has the aerodynamic part of each blade of the propeller pass through it. Moreover, each aerodynamic part is equipped with an abutment configured to be retained radially by the retaining structure in the event of a blade fracture causing a fracture in the aerodynamic part radially inside the abutment.
Abstract:
A propeller for a turbomachine intended to be driven in rotation about a propeller rotation axis and including variable pitch blades. The propeller further includes a structure for radial retention of the blades in the event of them breaking. The retaining structure extends around the propeller rotation axis and has the aerodynamic part of each blade of the propeller pass through it. Moreover, each aerodynamic part is equipped with an abutment configured to be retained radially by the retaining structure in the event of a blade fracture causing a fracture in the aerodynamic part radially inside the abutment.
Abstract:
An arrangement for freeing the structures of fail-safe type from the damage tolerance criterion and to allow a significantly improved fatigue resistance, while producing a weight saving. This is provided by forming a composite hybrid structure in a configuration that makes it possible to combine the advantages of metal and of composite material. In a secure hybrid structure, at least two longitudinal structural spars are joined back to back by fastening means. One of the spars is metal and equipped with stability partitions, whereas another spar is made of a composite material with carbon fibers oriented in the direction of the forces to be predicted such that this spar exhibits a rigidity equivalent to that of the metal spar.