Jetzero, Inc.

Blended Wing Aircraft, Inc.

Zee.aero Inc.

Brendan Kennelly

Mark Allan Page

Jennifer Whitlock

Joshua B Long

Cristina Donastorg

Geoffrey Alan Long

Ilan Kroo

Uri Tzarnotzky

Eric Allison

John Winkler

Ewald Schuster

Calder Hughes

Technologies for providing emergency egress routes for a blended wing body aircraft are described herein. In some examples, the emergency egress routes are through a side cabin bulkhead and aft one or more cargo holds. In some examples, the blended wing body aircraft has wings that are high geometry wings. In these examples, the emergency egress routes do not penetrate an aft spar, reducing weight and increasing the integrity of the aircraft.

Emergency egress in a blended wing body aircraft

Systems and methods for mechanically rotating an aircraft about its center-of-gravity (C) are disclosed. The system can enable the rear, or main, landing gear to squat, while the nose landing gear raises to generate a positive pitch angle for the aircraft for takeoff or landing. The system can also enable the nose gear and main gear to return to a relatively level fuselage attitude for ground operations. The system can include one or more hydraulically linked hydraulic cylinders to control the overall height of the nose gear and the main gear. Because the hydraulic cylinders are linked, a change on the length of the nose cylinder generates a proportional, and opposite, change in the length of the main cylinder, and vice-versa. A method and control system for monitoring and controlling the relative positions of the nose gear and main gear is also disclosed.

Tilting landing gear systems and methods

Technologies are described herein for a drag recovery scheme. In various examples, a recovery engine is placed within a vortex flow of air caused by the impingement of air upon a nacelle of a main engine. The propeller of the recovery engine can use the vortex flow of air to provide additional thrust the aircraft, thus reducing the load on the main engines or providing an increased velocity.

Drag recovery scheme for nacelles

Swing-arm pivot piston landing gear systems and methods

Aircraft

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Brendan Kennelly