Flutter exciter
CA 1320709 C · Owner: Dynamic Engineering Inc. · Inventors: Reed, Wilmer H. Iii
Overview
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A flutter exciter induces vibration either for actual aircraft flight testing or for wind tunnel model testing. The basic flutter exciter unit is a pair of rotatable concentric cylinders mounted on either a fixed vane or an aircraft wing or a tail surface. Each cylinder has a slot which allows the air flow to pass therethrough. By rotating the cylinders together oscillating air pressure are, induced on the fixed vane or the aircraft surface in which the cylinders are attached. The cylinders may be mounted at a trailing edge of either the fixed vane or the aircraft wing to any tail surface, or on any other lifting surfaces of the aircraft itself. Thus because the flutter exciter can be made …
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- Granted July 27, 1993. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended July 27, 2010.
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