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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 23, 2019
Filed:
Apr. 21, 2016
Applicant:
Rolls-royce Plc, London, GB;
Inventor:
Matthew Moxon, Derby, GB;
Assignee:
ROLLS-ROYCE plc, London, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64D 33/02 (2006.01); B64C 15/00 (2006.01); B64C 21/00 (2006.01); B64D 27/02 (2006.01); B64C 3/50 (2006.01); B64C 11/00 (2006.01); B64D 27/10 (2006.01); B64D 27/24 (2006.01); B64D 29/04 (2006.01); B64D 33/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64D 33/02 (2013.01); B64C 3/50 (2013.01); B64C 11/001 (2013.01); B64C 15/00 (2013.01); B64C 21/00 (2013.01); B64D 27/02 (2013.01); B64D 27/10 (2013.01); B64D 27/24 (2013.01); B64D 29/04 (2013.01); B64D 33/04 (2013.01); B64D 2027/026 (2013.01); B64D 2033/0226 (2013.01); Y02T 50/166 (2013.01); Y02T 50/44 (2013.01);
Abstract
An aircraft including trailing edge flaps, a wing mounted propulsor positioned such that the flaps are located in a slipstream of the first propulsor in use when deployed. The aircraft further including a thrust vectorable propulsor configured to selectively vary the exhaust efflux vector of the propulsor in at least one plane. The thrust vectorable propulsor includes a ducted fan configurable between a first mode, in which the fan provides net forward thrust to the aircraft, and a second mode in which the fan provides net drag to the aircraft. The fan is positioned to ingest a boundary layer airflow in use when operating in the first mode.