Aircraft wing slat

摘要

An aircraft wing slat 10 is disclosed for mounting to a leading portion of an aircraft wing. The aircraft wing slat comprises a main body section 30 and a forward section 20, wherein the forward section 20 is demountable from or releasably secured to the main body section 30. The forward section may have a nose skin 26 with an electrically powered heater 27. The electrically powered heater 27 may be integral with the nose skin 26 and may be microporous such that it is integrated into surrounding dielectric to contribute to the mechanical strength of the nose skin 26. A demountable forward section of an aircraft wing slat, a main body section of an aircraft wing slat arranged to receive a demountable forward section, an aircraft wing and an aircraft wing slat with a nose skin with an electrically powered heater are also disclosed.