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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 24, 2026
Filed:
Dec. 03, 2024
Whisper Aero Inc., Crossville, TN (US);
Mark Douglass Moore, Crossville, TN (US);
Ian Andreas Villa, Nashville, TN (US);
Devon Jedamski, Nashville, TN (US);
Andrew Stephen Hahn, Yorktown, VA (US);
Aaron Timothy Perry, Franklin, TN (US);
Jonathan Jeffrey Paravano, Brentwood, TN (US);
Xiaofan Fei, Bellevue, WA (US);
Whisper Aero Inc., Crossville, TN (US);
Abstract
An aircraft may comprise propulsors. The propulsors may be integrated into an array of propulsors. An array of propulsors may be integrated in an airfoil of the aircraft. The aircraft may include a flow turning control system. The flow turning control system may include an end wall and one or more movable flaps. The flow turning control system may enable selective flow turning of the flow of propelled by the array of propulsors. The selective flow turning may include actuating the one or more movable flaps. The selective flow turning may achieve flow turning of over a trailing edge of a movable flap.