An exemplary ducted fan includes a circular duct surrounding a rotor hub from which blades radially extend, a stator having a stator leading edge and a stator trailing edge, and a stator chord line extending from the stator leading edge to the stator trailing edge, the stator chord line substantially equal to a duct radius from the rotor hub to an outer surface of the duct.


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    Title :

    VTOL AIRCRAFT WITH LEADING EDGE TILTING DUCTED FANS


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    Publication date :

    2020-12-17


    Type of media :

    Patent


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English


    Classification :

    IPC:    B64C AEROPLANES , Flugzeuge



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