General Electric Company
AIRCRAFT EQUIPPED WITH A DISTRIBUTED COUNTERROTATING UNDUCTED FAN PROPULSION SYSTEM

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Abstract:

An aircraft equipped with a distributed unducted fan propulsion system is provided. In one aspect, an aircraft includes a body defining a lateral centerline that separates the body into a first side and a second side. One or more first unducted fans are mounted to the first side of the body. The one or more first unducted fans are rotatable in a first direction. One or more second unducted fans are mounted to the second side of the body. The one or more second unducted fans are rotatable in a second direction that is opposite the first direction.

Status:
Application
Type:

Utility

Filling date:

31 Aug 2020

Issue date:

3 Mar 2022