Aeronautics and astronautics – Aircraft power plants – Arrangement
Patent
1983-05-02
1985-02-19
Barefoot, Galen L.
Aeronautics and astronautics
Aircraft power plants
Arrangement
244 87, 244 65, B64C 2700, B64C 2904
Patent
active
045000557
ABSTRACT:
In an aircraft arrangement comprising an aircraft fuselage provided with a wing on either side thereof and provided with a propeller propulsion system at the rear of the fuselage, the improvement comprising a propulsion system comprised of at least two independent propulsion units each mounted in its individual lateral fuselage section in a rear fuselage part formed by the central fuselage section originating from the outer contour of the main fuselage section and tapering toward the fuselage end, the lateral fuselage sections having an outer contour tapering in spindle form toward the fuselage rear to the diameter of the propeller spinner of each propulsion unit and propellers on each propulsion unit arranged behind the fuselage and the air frame.
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Barefoot Galen L.
Dornier GmbH
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