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Supersonic Jet Curtains for Control of Moments on Tailless Aircraft
The invention is a method to improve the design of tailless aircraft, such as the blended wing body design. The improvement consists of using high speed jets to create a supersonic jet curtain to provide flight directional controls. The jets are installed in the wings and are able to control the pitch, yaw, and roll of a tailless aircraft.
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Published: 8/1/2024
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Inventor(s): Israel Wygnanski, Lutz Taubert, Emilio Graff, Morteza Gharib
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Category(s): Technology Classifications > Engineering & Physical Sciences > Aerospace Engineering, Technology Classifications > Engineering & Physical Sciences > Transportation & Automotive > Vehicle Control
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AFC Enabled Hybrid Tilt Propeller / Tilt Wing Long Range and High Speed VTOL Aircraft
The technology involves the design of a hybrid tilt propeller / tilt wing aircraft augmented with Active Flow Control (AFC). This proposed design enhances the aircraft's cruise efficiency and reduces high-power consumption during takeoff, without compromising on hover, vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL), and super-short takeoff and landing (SSTOL)...
Published: 8/1/2024
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Inventor(s): Israel Wygnanski, Lutz Taubert, Michael Ol
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Category(s): Technology Classifications > Engineering & Physical Sciences > Transportation & Automotive > Vehicle Control, Technology Classifications > Engineering & Physical Sciences > Aerospace Engineering
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The Use of Active Flow Control to Eliminate Vertical Stabilizers and Moving Control Surfaces
This technology will use sweeping jet actuators to replace the moving control surface on an airplane tail vertical stabilizers.
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With the aviation industry looking for methods to reduce the amount of material it takes to create an aircraft, there is a need to find alternative designs with less material. Reduced material in producing aircrafts...
Published: 8/28/2024
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Inventor(s): Israel Wygnanski, Elisa Phillips, Lutz Taubert
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Category(s): Technology Classifications > Engineering & Physical Sciences > Aerospace Engineering
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