The Boeing Company
Distributed trailing edge wing flap systems

Abstract:

Distributed trailing edge wing flap systems are described. An example wing flap system for an aircraft includes a flap and an actuator. The flap is movable between a deployed position and a retracted position relative to a fixed trailing edge of a wing of the aircraft. The actuator is to move the flap relative to the fixed trailing edge. The actuator is hydraulically drivable via first pressurized hydraulic fluid to be supplied by a hydraulic system of the aircraft. The actuator is also hydraulically drivable via second pressurized hydraulic fluid to be supplied by a local power unit. The local power unit is selectively connectable to an electrical system of the aircraft. The electrical system is to power the local power unit to supply the second pressurized hydraulic fluid.