An aircraft is provided including a fuselage that extends along a longitudinal direction between a forward end and an aft end. A boundary layer ingestion fan is mounted to the fuselage at the aft end and is configured for ingesting boundary layer airflow off the surface of the fuselage. The fuselage defines a profile proximate the boundary layer ingestion fan that is optimized for ingesting a maximum amount of boundary layer air and improving propulsive efficiency of the aircraft. More specifically, the fuselage defines a cross sectional profile upstream of the boundary layer ingestion fan that has more cross sectional area in a top half relative to a bottom half as defined relative to a centerline of the boundary layer ingestion fan.
AIRCRAFT HAVING AN AFT ENGINE
LUFTFAHRZEUG MIT EINEM HECKMOTOR
AÉRONEF ÉQUIPÉ D'UN MOTEUR ARRI?RE
30.04.2025
Patent
Elektronische Ressource
Englisch
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