NOISE ABATEMENT SYSTEMS FOR RETRACTABLE LEADING EDGE WING SLATS OF AN AIRCRAFT WING ASSEMBLY

摘要

A noise-abatement systems (10) provide noise abatement to a wing assembly (Wp) provided with a forward edge slat (ES) and include an elongated shield element (20) which is unconnected but positionable adjacent to a lower trailing edge (16a) of the edge slat (ES) along a lengthwise extent thereof, and a support tab (24) having a distal end fixed to the shield element (20) and a proximal end capable of fixation to an interior cove surface of the edge slat (ES) adjacent an upper trailing edge (22) thereof. The support tab (24) will therefore allow movement of the shield element (20) towards and away from the lower trailing edge (16a) of the edge slat (ES) between an operative position wherein the shield element (20) is positioned adjacent to the lower trailing edge (16a) of the edge slat (ES) along the lengthwise extent thereof and an inoperative position wherein the shield element (20) is spaced from the lower trailing edge (16a) of the edge slat (ES) and positioned in the cove region (12) thereof, respectively.