Aircraft comprising at least one inflatable non-structural aerodynamic structure

Abstract

Aircraft comprising at least one inflatable non-structural aerodynamic structure. The invention relates to an aircraft comprising at least one support (24), at least one inflatable non-structural aerodynamic structure (22) having at least one aerodynamic surface (S22), and at least one connecting system (26) linking the non-structural aerodynamic structure (22) and the support (24). This non-structural aerodynamic structure (22) comprises at least one flexible wall (28) having an external face (S28) and at least one inflatable cavity (30) delimited at least partially by the flexible wall (28) and configured to occupy an inflated state in which the cavity (30) has a maximum volume and a deflated state in which the cavity (30) has a volume less than the maximum volume, the external face (S28) forming at least a part of the aerodynamic surface (S22) when the cavity (30) is in the inflated state. Figure 3

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