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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 21, 2023
Filed:
Nov. 30, 2020
Applicant:
Bell Textron Inc., Fort Worth, TX (US);
Inventor:
Martin Landry, Prevost, CA;
Assignee:
Textron Innovations Inc., Providence, RI (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C 27/82 (2006.01); B64C 27/06 (2006.01); B64C 5/06 (2006.01); B64D 27/02 (2006.01); B64D 33/08 (2006.01); B64D 33/04 (2006.01); B64C 9/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C 27/82 (2013.01); B64C 5/06 (2013.01); B64C 9/00 (2013.01); B64C 27/06 (2013.01); B64D 27/02 (2013.01); B64D 33/04 (2013.01); B64D 33/08 (2013.01); B64C 2027/8272 (2013.01);
Abstract
An exemplary anti-torque system for a rotorcraft includes a fan located inside of a channel that extends inside of a fuselage from an inlet proximate a forward end of the tail boom to an outlet at an aft end of the tail boom, the outlet is oriented to direct airflow from the channel onto a rudder coupled to a trailing edge of a vertical stabilizer.