BLR Aerospace, L.L.C. Patent applications |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20140317900 | AIRCRAFT STABILIZATION SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF MODIFYING AN AIRCRAFT WITH THE SAME - A method of modifying a helicopter includes providing a tail boom of the helicopter. The tail boom includes a first side located on an opposite side of the tail boom from a second side of the tail boom. A main rotor blade of the helicopter approaches the second side of the tail boom during rotation. The first side and the second side of the tail boom include asymmetrical surface profiles about a vertical plane of the tail boom. The method further includes securing a plurality of vortex generators to the first side of the tail boom. | 10-30-2014 |
20120256041 | AIRCRAFT STABILIZER SYSTEM AND METHODS OF USING THE SAME - An aircraft can include a tail section and a stabilizing system coupled to the tail section. The stabilizing system has a vertical stabilizer and at least one strake that cooperate to generate forces that compensate for a reaction torque generated by a main lifting rotor that produces lifting forces when the aircraft is in flight. Methods for improving aircraft performance include installing the at least one strake and retrofitting of a vertical stabilizer to increase thrust forces produced by a tail rotor. | 10-11-2012 |