US US2025066015A1

Exhaust Area and Flow Turning Control

Publication no.

US2025066015A1
Priority date
2023-08-24
Filing date
2024-08-23
Published
2025-02-27
Assignee
WHISPER AERO INC [US]
Inventors

MOORE MARK DOUGLASS [US], VILLA IAN ANDREAS [US], JEDAMSKI DEVON [US], HAHN ANDREW STEPHEN [US], PERRY AARON TIMOTHY [US], PARAVANO JONATHAN JEFFREY [US], FEI XIAOFAN [US], ROTHHAAR PAUL [US]

Abstract

An aircraft may comprise ducted fans. The ducted fans may be an array of ducted fans. An array of ducted fans may be integrated in a wing of the aircraft. A ducted fan may be integrated in a horizontal tail of the aircraft. The wing may include a movable edge, such as a flap, to provide both exhaust area and flow turning control. The movable edge may be articulated by pivoting the movable edge. The movable edge may be extended and retracted.

Classification

B64C21/01AI
F02K1/12AI
F02K1/15AI
B64C11/001
B64C21/01
B64C29/0025
B64C29/0066
B64C9/16
B64C9/22
B64C9/38
B64D47/08
B64U10/20

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