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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 29, 2013
Filed:
Feb. 05, 2013
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Robert D. Gregg, III, Mukilteo, WA (US);
Aaron J. Kutzmann, Long Beach, CA (US);
David J. Manley, Huntington Beach, CA (US);
John C. Vassberg, Long Beach, CA (US);
Neal Harrison, San Clemente, CA (US);
Max Kismarton, Renton, WA (US);
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Abstract
Apparatus and methods provide for a swept-wing powered-lift aircraft. Aspects of the disclosure provide a powered-lift aircraft that utilizes the engine exhaust flow over upper surface blown flaps to increase lift during various flight operations. The powered-lift aircraft has wings with inboard portions and outboard portions. The adjacent inboard and outboard portions share a swept leading edge. The leading edge is swept to a degree that shifts the outboard portion rearward to a position in which the aircraft center of lift has little to no variance upon the activation or deactivation of a powered-lift system.