Quiet landing gear door

摘要

A quiet landing gear door and methods are presented. A landing gear door comprises a trailing edge and a leading edge and is operable to deploy to a landing gear door deployed position. A door flap comprises the trailing edge and is hinged to the landing gear door. The door flap deflects toward a landing gear strut to a door flap deployed position in response to deployment of the landing gear door. A leading edge section comprises the leading edge and is coupled to the door flap. The leading edge section deflects toward the landing gear strut to a leading edge deployed position in response to deployment of the landing gear door.

主权项

1. A quiet landing gear door comprising:
a landing gear door comprising a trailing edge and a leading edge and deployable to a landing gear door deployed position; a door flap comprising the trailing edge and hinged to the landing gear door to deflect toward a landing gear strut to a door flap deployed position when the landing gear door is deployed to the landing gear door deployed position; and a leading edge section comprising the leading edge and coupled to the landing gear door to deflect toward the landing gear strut to a leading edge section deployed position when the landing gear door is deployed to the landing gear door deployed position.