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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 19, 2022
Filed:
Dec. 31, 2019
Bell Textron Inc., Fort Worth, TX (US);
Karl Schroeder, Southlake, TX (US);
William Anthony Amante, Grapevine, TX (US);
Kip Gregory Campbell, Hurst, TX (US);
Textron Innovations Inc., Providence, RI (US);
Abstract
A ducted-rotor aircraft may include a fuselage and first and second ducts that are coupled to the fuselage at respective first and second locations. The first location may be on a first side of a fuselage of the aircraft and spaced from a nominal yaw axis of the aircraft. The second location may be on an opposed second side of the fuselage and spaced from the nominal yaw axis. Each duct may include a rotor that is disposed in an opening that extends through the duct. Each rotor may include a plurality of blades. Each duct may further include a control vane that is mounted aft of the plurality of blades and that is pivotable about a vane axis that is oriented toward the nominal yaw axis.
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