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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 27, 2019
Filed:
Sep. 08, 2016
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Randy M. Vondrell, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Matthew Ryan Polakowski, West Chester, OH (US);
Kurt David Murrow, Liberty Township, OH (US);
Glenn Crabtree, Oregonia, OH (US);
Darek Tomasz Zatorski, Fort Wright, KY (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
An aircraft includes a fuselage, a forward wing assembly, and aft wing assembly, and a propulsion system. The propulsion system includes a port forward propulsor and a starboard forward propulsor, each of which rotatable between a forward thrust position and a vertical thrust position and together defining a maximum forward thrust capability. The propulsion system also includes a port aft propulsor and a starboard aft propulsor, each of which also rotatable between a forward thrust position and a vertical thrust position, and together defining a maximum aft thrust capability. The maximum forward thrust capability is different than the maximum aft thrust capability to achieve certain efficiencies.