A rotorcraft is provided and includes a fuselage. The fuselage includes drag generating portions, a main rotor assembly and an auxiliary propulsor having an expected propulsion efficiency. The auxiliary propulsor is disposed to ingest boundary layer flows and in wake regions associated with the drag generating portions and is provided with a corresponding increase in the expected propulsion efficiency thereof.
ROTORCRAFT CONFIGURATION AND METHOD OF ROTORCRAFT DESIGN
DREHFLÜGLERKONFIGURATION UND VERFAHREN ZUR DREHFLÜGLERKONSTRUKTION
CONFIGURATION DE GIRAVION ET PROCÉDÉ DE CONCEPTION DE GIRAVION
2018-04-18
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
IPC: | B64C AEROPLANES , Flugzeuge |
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