Aeronautics and astronautics – Aircraft power plants – Mounting
Patent
1980-04-30
1983-02-01
Barefoot, Galen L.
Aeronautics and astronautics
Aircraft power plants
Mounting
244 67, 244 13, B64D 2702, B64C 332
Patent
active
043711332
ABSTRACT:
A ducted propeller aircraft from which visibility is excellent and which is capable of operating quietly and efficiently has a propeller shroud which serves as a primary load path to pass bending and torsional stresses to which the mainplane is subject in use between the portions of the mainplane either side of the shroud, the shroud defining a duct which is unimpinged upon by any portion of the turbulent airflow emanating from the mainplane.
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Barefoot Galen L.
Brahan Thomas J.
Edgley Aircraft Limited
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