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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 17, 2023
Filed:
Dec. 23, 2021
Electra Aero, Inc., Falls Church, VA (US);
Christopher B. Courtin, Somerville, MA (US);
Mark Drela, Cambridge, MA (US);
Robert John Hansman, Jr., Cambridge, MA (US);
John S. Langford, III, Falls Church, VA (US);
Oliver Masefield, Stans, CH;
Electra Aero, Inc., Manassas, VA (US);
Abstract
A system and method for lift augmentation of an aircraft having a wing with a leading edge and a trailing edge extending along a wingspan, a plurality of thrust-producing devices connected to the bottom of said wing, at least one flap connected to an inboard portion of said wing proximate the trailing edge, and an aircraft roll control device connected to said wing, wherein the improvement comprises a plurality of slipstreams associated with a plurality of thrust producing devices and a flap adaptable to deflect from a chord of the inboard portion of the wing.