Flugzeug mit Eisschutzvorrichtung und Verfahren zum Enteisen eines Flugzeugs mit einem Eisschutzsystem

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Veröffentlichungs-Nr.

EP3998212

Aktenzeichen

EP21158147

Anmeldetag

19. Februar 2021

Veröffentlichung

18. Mai 2022

Rechtsraum

EP

IPC

B64D15/12B64D15/14

Abstract

An aircraft (1) comprising at least one airfoil and at least one engine (5) arranged on the trailing edge (12) of the airfoil, the engine (5) comprising an engine housing (6) and an engine inlet (7), an ice protection system (9) provided on at least one region of the airfoil and/or the engine housing (6) which is/are arranged upstream of the engine inlet (7), the ice protection system (9) comprises an ice shedding device adapted for shedding ice formations formed on the airfoil and/or the engine housing (6) into ice pieces and the ice shedding device is adapted to control the size of the shed ice pieces to stay below a predetermined maximum size. Method of removing ice formations from an airfoil of an aircraft wherein at least one engine is arranged on the trailing edge of the airfoil, comprising the following steps: removing the ice formations on the airfoil from the airfoil by breaking the ice formations into pieces using an ice protection system and controlling the size of the removed ice pieces to stay below a predetermined maximum value by the ice protection system.

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Firma

Lilium eAircraft GmbH

Land

🇩🇪 Deutschland

Fachgebiete