Aircraft Engine mounting
Keywords: Patents, Aircraft, Engine
In GB Patent GB 2351480 Seneca Technology Limited describe a mounting arragement for an aircraft engine. It comprises one or more mounts defining a first axis or first axes extending parallel to the thrust line of the engine and one or more further mounts defining a second axis or second axes that are inclined so as to intersect (when extended) a notional plane containing the first axis or axes, the point of intersection being at, or ahead of, the centre of gravity of the engine. A pair of the second axes may converge or be parallel. Various configurations of the mounts are disclosed applied to upright and horizontally opposed piston engines and including various combinations of three or four mounts disposed above and below the thrust lines of the engines. Reference is also made to turbine engines.
