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- Twin engine helicopters include two engines, each positioned on either side of the helicopter.
- An exhaust manifold is incorporated onto each of the two engines. Fitted and secured to each of the exhaust manifolds is an exhaust nozzle.
- exhaust nozzle Fitted and secured to each of the exhaust manifolds.
- the single engine In a single engine helicopter, the single engine is longitudinally centrally positioned. That is, it is neither to one side nor the other side of the aircraft. Accordingly, as the hot exhaust gases pass from the single engine through the manifold and then through the exhaust nozzle, the exhaust gases are directed toward the tail boom of the helicopter.
- FIG. 1 shows a prior art straight nozzle 101 installed on such a helicopter 103 .
- Exhaust gases have a high temperature, that is, substantially higher than the ambient temperature.
- high temperature related consequences occur.
- the result of directing exhaust gases toward the tail boom is problematic in at least several respects.
- the durability of the rail-rotor drive shaft bearings is compromised.
- a result is discolouration of the helicopter's exterior paint wherein the durability of painted surfaces of the tail boom is compromised.
- single engine helicopter parts suppliers recommend, for example, a heat shield to protect the parts, the structure and the surface of a single engine helicopter tail boom.
- a heat shield for example, may be in the form of a thermal blanket.
- Another type of heat shield is a canopy cover.
- exhaust cooling systems are incorporated to reduce infrared signatures of exhaust gases.
- the exhaust gases are still directed to the single engine helicopter tail boom.
- Disclosed are methods of fitting a single engine helicopter and single engine helicopters including securing to the exhaust manifold a curved and bent deflector exhaust nozzle, the deflector exhaust nozzle configured to receive exhaust gases from the single engine and direct the exhaust gases away from the tail boom.
- a single engine helicopter and method of fitting a single engine helicopter having a tail boom with one of a repurposed deflector exhaust nozzle certified for use on either side of twin engine helicopters includes securing to the exhaust manifold a curved and bent deflector exhaust nozzle, the deflector exhaust nozzle configured to receive exhaust from the single engine.
- the disclosed deflector exhaust nozzle at least reduces damage typically caused to the tail boom when a standard straight exhaust nozzle is fitted which otherwise causes the exhaust gases to commingle with the downdraft air current generated by main rotor blades of the tail boom in flight.
- FIG. 1 depicts the prior art of a straight exhaust nozzle on a single engine helicopter.
- FIG. 2 depicts a disclosed curved and bent exhaust nozzle on a single engine helicopter.
- FIG. 3 depicts a top down view of a helicopter including the disclosed curved and bent exhaust nozzle attached to the exhaust manifold.
- FIG. 4 depicts a side view of a disclosed curved and bent deflector nozzle, secured to a manifold of a helicopter's single engine.
- FIG. 5 depicts a side view of the disclosed deflector nozzle for a single engine helicopter.
- FIG. 6 depicts a rear view of the disclosed deflector nozzle for a single engine helicopter.
- FIG. 7 depicts a front view of the disclosed deflector nozzle for a single engine helicopter.
- a curved and bent exhaust nozzle that deflects/diverts exhaust gases to either the left hand side or right hand side (by virtual of its bent direction) of the tail boom that results in at least a significant reduction in the temperature imposed on the tail boom.
- FIG. 2 again is shown a helicopter 103 .
- the straight nozzle 101 of FIG. 1 is replaced with the disclosed curved and bent deflector exhaust nozzle 105 of FIG. 2 .
- the curved and bent deflector nozzle 105 may be a direct replacement for an existing straight nozzle 101 , using the original fixing provisions. Accordingly, for the AS350 and the EC130, it is possible to replace the straight nozzle 101 of FIG. 1 with the curved and bent deflector nozzle 105 of FIG. 2 .
- such a right hand Airbus deflector nozzle 365A54-2048-02 or 365A54-2048-04 and such a left hand Airbus deflector nozzle 365A54-2048-03 or 365A54-2048-05 are only advertised and previously only certified for the left hand engines and the right hand engines of the twin engine helicopters Eurocopter AS365 Dauphin and Eurocopter EC155 but were found to be, unexpectedly, interchangeable with the straight nozzles of the AS350 and the EC130 single engine helicopters.
- both the curved and bent deflector nozzles and the exhaust manifold may be fabricated to duplicate the helicopter of the present claims.
- the curved and bent deflector nozzle 105 of FIG. 2 is made of two formed sheet metal halves that are seam welded together, and are depicted in FIGS. 5, 6 and 7 .
- any suitable material such as “Stainless Steel 321” may be used.
- a top down view of a single engine helicopter 103 including a longitudinally centrally positioned single engine and a corresponding symmetrically positioned exhaust manifold 109 , the disclosed curved and bent exhaust nozzle 105 is shown.
- the tail boom 107 is under the exhaust nozzle 105 and terminates at a terminal end of the helicopter.
- the disclosed curved and bent exhaust nozzle 105 is designed and built for the left hand engine or right hand engine of a twin engine Airbus model Eurocopter AS365 Dauphin and Eurocopter EC155.
- the presently repurposed curved and bent configuration of the right hand Airbus deflector nozzles 365A54-2048-02 or 365A54-2048-04 and the left hand Airbus deflector nozzles 365A54-2048-03 or 365A54-2048-05 was designed to avoid other aircraft components of the Eurocopter AS365 Dauphin and Eurocopter EC155, in particular.
- the disclosed curved and bent exhaust nozzle 105 deflects/diverts exhaust gases to the left hand side of the helicopter by virtue of the exhaust nozzle's 105 left hand bent direction, also shown in FIG. 2 .
- the normally occurring downwash caused by the main rotor blades of the tail boom 107 during flight may not occur.
- the exhaust gases may bypass the tail boom 107 during flight, and therefore the tail boom 107 damage and deterioration, as described above, may not occur or it may at least be substantially less affected by the exhaust gases commingling with the downdraft air current generated by main rotor blades of the tail boom 107 in flight.
- the exhaust manifold 109 may be configured to receive the disclosed curved and bent deflector nozzle 105 either as a ready-made part or one or both being fabricated as such.
- a curved and bent nozzle 105 is depicted as secured to the exhaust manifold 109 , the deflector exhaust nozzle 105 configured to receive exhaust gases from the single engine 111 and direct the exhaust gases away from the tail boom 107 .
- the disclosed deflector nozzle 105 is shown in a side view, a rear view and a front view. It is clear from the images that the deflector nozzle 105 is a right hand engine nozzle of the type made for a twin engine helicopter Eurocopter AS365 Dauphin and Eurocopter EC155.
- the curvature and the bend of the deflector nozzle 105 which is approximately forty degrees from the centre renders the disclosed single engine helicopter including a longitudinally centrally positioned single engine and a corresponding symmetrically positioned exhaust manifold and a symmetrically positioned rear tail boom, asymmetrical.
- a forty degrees bend from the centre of the longitudinal line of a single engine helicopter has been found to redirect the exhaust gases from the tail boom 107 in flight.
- Other bends and configurations may be sufficient as well.
- the curved and bent deflector exhaust nozzle introduces an asymmetrical feature to the single engine helicopter, at least in this embodiment, the asymmetrical feature may be uncompensated for with, for example, added weight or air foils opposite the direction of the bend of the disclosed curved and bent deflector exhaust nozzle 105 .
- the tail boom may be unprotected by a heat shield.
- Airbus deflector nozzle 365A54-2048-02 or 365A54-2048-04 and such a left hand Airbus deflector nozzle 365A54-2048-03 or 365A54-2048-05 the side view illustrates the height of 326 mm and 373 mm in length on its long side. The short side, by virtue of its bend, may be half of that, or more or less.
- the Airbus deflector nozzle 365A54-2048-02 or 365A54-2048-04 and such a left hand Airbus deflector nozzle 365A54-2048-03 or 365A54-2048-05 is 448 mm in width.
- similarly configured curved and bent deflector exhaust nozzles 105 secured to exhaust manifolds 109 to receive exhaust gases from the engines 111 of other single engine helicopters may beneficially be uncompensated for in terms of yaw control and heat protective devices or processes.
- the disclosed curved and bent deflector exhaust nozzle 105 for use on the AS350, the EC130B4 and the EC130T2 has been tested and certified for use in flight wherein neither yaw control compensation nor heat shields have been required.
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- This application claims priority to and the benefit of U.S. Provisional Application No. 63/114,999, filed Nov. 17, 2020, which is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety.
- Disclosed are methods for fitting the exhaust manifolds of single engine helicopters with a curved and bent deflector exhaust nozzle, and such fitted single engine helicopters.
- Twin engine helicopters include two engines, each positioned on either side of the helicopter. An exhaust manifold is incorporated onto each of the two engines. Fitted and secured to each of the exhaust manifolds is an exhaust nozzle. In a twin engine helicopter exhaust system, because the exhaust leaves the exhaust nozzles from the sides of the helicopter, exhaust gases are naturally diverted away from the tail boom of the helicopter.
- In a single engine helicopter, the single engine is longitudinally centrally positioned. That is, it is neither to one side nor the other side of the aircraft. Accordingly, as the hot exhaust gases pass from the single engine through the manifold and then through the exhaust nozzle, the exhaust gases are directed toward the tail boom of the helicopter.
- During the operation of the Airbus (former Eurocopter) AS350 and EC130 series rotorcraft (helicopter), and many other single engine helicopters, exhaust gases from the single turbine engine exit rearward directly above the tail boom.
FIG. 1 shows a prior artstraight nozzle 101 installed on such ahelicopter 103. As a result of the hot exhaust gases exiting rearward directly above the tail boom and the resultant downwash caused by the main rotor blades during flight, these exhaust gases are directed downward onto the tail boom which in turn results in the permanent damage to the tail boom. - Exhaust gases have a high temperature, that is, substantially higher than the ambient temperature. As discussed above, as the exhaust gases from a single engine helicopter pass the tail boom, high temperature related consequences occur. The result of directing exhaust gases toward the tail boom is problematic in at least several respects. For example, the durability of the rail-rotor drive shaft bearings is compromised. Also, a result is discolouration of the helicopter's exterior paint wherein the durability of painted surfaces of the tail boom is compromised. Additionally, there is an onset of structural corrosion and the premature wear of the rear tail rotor drive shaft bearings caused by overheating. Such overheating consequences could be detrimentally permanent.
- In response, single engine helicopter parts suppliers recommend, for example, a heat shield to protect the parts, the structure and the surface of a single engine helicopter tail boom. A heat shield, for example, may be in the form of a thermal blanket. Another type of heat shield is a canopy cover. Alternatively, especially for military helicopters, exhaust cooling systems are incorporated to reduce infrared signatures of exhaust gases. However, in each of these solutions, the exhaust gases are still directed to the single engine helicopter tail boom.
- It would be beneficial to avoid the impact of the exhaust gases on the tail boom. Thermal blankets, canopy covers, and exhaust cooling systems do not avoid the effects of exhaust gases or fumes on the tail boom. These attempts to patch up the effects of hot gases directed to the tail boom may reduce the effects, but they do not eliminate them. Such patch work compensatory fittings require engineering resources to determine and fit. A manner in which to avoid hot gases reaching the tail boom without relying on engineered compensation beneficially would accomplish avoidance of damage to the tail boom while limiting engineering investment. As each single engine helicopter design is different from the other, the solution for avoiding exhaust gases damage to the tail boom preferably does not create a new engineering problem for each different single engine helicopter design.
- To ameliorate the above discussed issues, the instant disclosure is provided to explain in an enabling fashion the best modes of making and using various embodiments. The disclosure is further offered to enhance an understanding and appreciation for the solution principles and advantages thereof, rather than to limit in any manner the invention. While the preferred embodiments are illustrated and described here, it is clear that the solution is not so limited. Numerous modifications, changes, variations, substitutions, and equivalents will occur to those skilled in the art without departing from the spirit and scope of the disclosure as defined by the following claims.
- It is understood that the use of relational terms, if any, such as first and second, up and down, and the like are used solely to distinguish one from another entity or action without necessarily requiring or implying any actual such relationship or order between such entities or actions.
- Disclosed are methods of fitting a single engine helicopter and single engine helicopters including securing to the exhaust manifold a curved and bent deflector exhaust nozzle, the deflector exhaust nozzle configured to receive exhaust gases from the single engine and direct the exhaust gases away from the tail boom.
- Disclosed is a single engine helicopter and method of fitting a single engine helicopter having a tail boom with one of a repurposed deflector exhaust nozzle certified for use on either side of twin engine helicopters. To avoid exhaust gases at the tail boom a single engine helicopter having a longitudinally centrally positioned single engine and a corresponding symmetrically positioned exhaust manifold and symmetrically positioned rear tail boom, the method includes securing to the exhaust manifold a curved and bent deflector exhaust nozzle, the deflector exhaust nozzle configured to receive exhaust from the single engine. By virtue of its curved and bent configuration, the disclosed deflector exhaust nozzle at least reduces damage typically caused to the tail boom when a standard straight exhaust nozzle is fitted which otherwise causes the exhaust gases to commingle with the downdraft air current generated by main rotor blades of the tail boom in flight.
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FIG. 1 depicts the prior art of a straight exhaust nozzle on a single engine helicopter. -
FIG. 2 depicts a disclosed curved and bent exhaust nozzle on a single engine helicopter. -
FIG. 3 depicts a top down view of a helicopter including the disclosed curved and bent exhaust nozzle attached to the exhaust manifold. -
FIG. 4 depicts a side view of a disclosed curved and bent deflector nozzle, secured to a manifold of a helicopter's single engine. -
FIG. 5 depicts a side view of the disclosed deflector nozzle for a single engine helicopter. -
FIG. 6 depicts a rear view of the disclosed deflector nozzle for a single engine helicopter. -
FIG. 7 depicts a front view of the disclosed deflector nozzle for a single engine helicopter. - To mitigate the effects of the exhaust gases as discussed above disclosed is a curved and bent exhaust nozzle that deflects/diverts exhaust gases to either the left hand side or right hand side (by virtual of its bent direction) of the tail boom that results in at least a significant reduction in the temperature imposed on the tail boom. Referring to
FIG. 2 , again is shown ahelicopter 103. Thestraight nozzle 101 ofFIG. 1 is replaced with the disclosed curved and bentdeflector exhaust nozzle 105 ofFIG. 2 . - In this embodiment, the curved and
bent deflector nozzle 105 may be a direct replacement for an existingstraight nozzle 101, using the original fixing provisions. Accordingly, for the AS350 and the EC130, it is possible to replace thestraight nozzle 101 ofFIG. 1 with the curved andbent deflector nozzle 105 ofFIG. 2 . In this embodiment, such a right hand Airbus deflector nozzle 365A54-2048-02 or 365A54-2048-04 and such a left hand Airbus deflector nozzle 365A54-2048-03 or 365A54-2048-05 are only advertised and previously only certified for the left hand engines and the right hand engines of the twin engine helicopters Eurocopter AS365 Dauphin and Eurocopter EC155 but were found to be, unexpectedly, interchangeable with the straight nozzles of the AS350 and the EC130 single engine helicopters. Certification by the Australian Government Civil Aviation Safety Authority for in flight utilisation of either of the right hand Airbus deflector nozzle 365A54-2048-02 or 365A54-2048-04 for the single engine helicopters AS350, the EC130B4 and the EC130T2 has been received. Modification utilising the left hand Airbus deflector nozzle 365A54-2048-03 or 365A54-2048-05 is also approved. - For other single engine helicopters, utilising the right hand Airbus deflector nozzle 365A54-2048-02 or 365A54-2048-04 and such a left hand Airbus deflector nozzle 365A54-2048-03 or 365A54-2048-05 may require a specially fabricated exhaust manifold to fit and secure one of the above-referenced Airbus curve and bent deflector nozzles. In another embodiment, both the curved and bent deflector nozzles and the exhaust manifold may be fabricated to duplicate the helicopter of the present claims. The curved and
bent deflector nozzle 105 ofFIG. 2 is made of two formed sheet metal halves that are seam welded together, and are depicted inFIGS. 5, 6 and 7 . The Airbus material tested as “Nimonic 75” (Nickel based alloy) or more likely the French equivalent “AFNOR NC20T”. Alternatively, any suitable material such as “Stainless Steel 321” may be used. - Referring to
FIG. 3 , a top down view of asingle engine helicopter 103 is shown including a longitudinally centrally positioned single engine and a corresponding symmetrically positionedexhaust manifold 109, the disclosed curved andbent exhaust nozzle 105 is shown. Thetail boom 107 is under theexhaust nozzle 105 and terminates at a terminal end of the helicopter. As discussed above, the disclosed curved andbent exhaust nozzle 105 is designed and built for the left hand engine or right hand engine of a twin engine Airbus model Eurocopter AS365 Dauphin and Eurocopter EC155. The presently repurposed curved and bent configuration of the right hand Airbus deflector nozzles 365A54-2048-02 or 365A54-2048-04 and the left hand Airbus deflector nozzles 365A54-2048-03 or 365A54-2048-05 was designed to avoid other aircraft components of the Eurocopter AS365 Dauphin and Eurocopter EC155, in particular. - The disclosed curved and
bent exhaust nozzle 105, in this embodiment deflects/diverts exhaust gases to the left hand side of the helicopter by virtue of the exhaust nozzle's 105 left hand bent direction, also shown inFIG. 2 . As a result of the deflected/diverted exhaust gases, the normally occurring downwash caused by the main rotor blades of thetail boom 107 during flight may not occur. The exhaust gases may bypass thetail boom 107 during flight, and therefore thetail boom 107 damage and deterioration, as described above, may not occur or it may at least be substantially less affected by the exhaust gases commingling with the downdraft air current generated by main rotor blades of thetail boom 107 in flight. - In the embodiment shown in
FIG. 3 , theexhaust manifold 109 may be configured to receive the disclosed curved andbent deflector nozzle 105 either as a ready-made part or one or both being fabricated as such. Referring toFIG. 4 , a curved andbent nozzle 105 is depicted as secured to theexhaust manifold 109, thedeflector exhaust nozzle 105 configured to receive exhaust gases from thesingle engine 111 and direct the exhaust gases away from thetail boom 107. - Referring to
FIGS. 5, 6 and 7 , the discloseddeflector nozzle 105 is shown in a side view, a rear view and a front view. It is clear from the images that thedeflector nozzle 105 is a right hand engine nozzle of the type made for a twin engine helicopter Eurocopter AS365 Dauphin and Eurocopter EC155. The curvature and the bend of thedeflector nozzle 105 which is approximately forty degrees from the centre renders the disclosed single engine helicopter including a longitudinally centrally positioned single engine and a corresponding symmetrically positioned exhaust manifold and a symmetrically positioned rear tail boom, asymmetrical. A forty degrees bend from the centre of the longitudinal line of a single engine helicopter has been found to redirect the exhaust gases from thetail boom 107 in flight. Other bends and configurations may be sufficient as well. While the curved and bent deflector exhaust nozzle introduces an asymmetrical feature to the single engine helicopter, at least in this embodiment, the asymmetrical feature may be uncompensated for with, for example, added weight or air foils opposite the direction of the bend of the disclosed curved and bentdeflector exhaust nozzle 105. Furthermore, in the disclosed single engine helicopter, the tail boom may be unprotected by a heat shield. - Shown in
FIG. 5 , Airbus deflector nozzle 365A54-2048-02 or 365A54-2048-04 and such a left hand Airbus deflector nozzle 365A54-2048-03 or 365A54-2048-05, the side view illustrates the height of 326 mm and 373 mm in length on its long side. The short side, by virtue of its bend, may be half of that, or more or less. Shown inFIG. 6 , the Airbus deflector nozzle 365A54-2048-02 or 365A54-2048-04 and such a left hand Airbus deflector nozzle 365A54-2048-03 or 365A54-2048-05 is 448 mm in width. - It is understood that similarly configured curved and bent
deflector exhaust nozzles 105 secured to exhaustmanifolds 109 to receive exhaust gases from theengines 111 of other single engine helicopters may beneficially be uncompensated for in terms of yaw control and heat protective devices or processes. As mentioned above, the disclosed curved and bentdeflector exhaust nozzle 105 for use on the AS350, the EC130B4 and the EC130T2 has been tested and certified for use in flight wherein neither yaw control compensation nor heat shields have been required. - This disclosure is intended to explain how to fashion and use various embodiments in accordance with the technology rather than to limit the true, intended, and fair scope and spirit thereof. The foregoing description is not intended to be exhaustive or to be limited to the precise forms disclosed. Modifications or variations are possible in light of the above teachings. The embodiment(s) was chosen and described to provide the best illustration of the principle of the described technology and its practical application, and to enable one of ordinary skill in the art to utilize the technology in various embodiments and with various modifications as are suited to the particular use contemplated. Devices, systems, methods of working, methods of manufacture, and various other configurations are within the scope of this disclosure. All such modifications and variations are within the scope of the invention as determined by the appended claims, as may be amended during the pendency of this application for patent, and all equivalents thereof, when interpreted in accordance with the breadth to which they are fairly, legally and equitably entitled.
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