General Electric Company
AIRCRAFT HAVING AN AIRCRAFT BODY INCLUDING A FEATURE
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Abstract:
An aircraft having a fuselage, an aircraft body, at least one aircraft engine system and a feature. The fuselage defining a longitudinal centerline. The at least one aircraft engine system defining an axial centerline. The at least one aircraft engine system having a nacelle and at least one rotatable propeller. The at least one rotatable propeller having a free end that is spaced radially outward from the nacelle with respect to the axial centerline. The feature shaped to alter a flow of air between the aircraft body and the at least one rotatable propeller. The feature having a continuous rounded contour when viewed along a vertical plane normal to the longitudinal centerline and intersecting the feature.
Utility
27 May 2022
8 Sep 2022