One example includes an aircraft retrofit system to provide a retrofitted aircraft from an original aircraft. The system includes a plurality of multi-axis vectoring nozzles configured to replace a respective plurality of original nozzles of a respective plurality of original engines of the original aircraft and empennage of the original aircraft, such that the retrofitted aircraft includes no empennage. The system also includes retrofit electronics for controlling the plurality of multi-axis vectoring nozzles to provide yaw control of the retrofitted aircraft.
Aircraft retrofit system
2022-08-09
Patent
Elektronische Ressource
Englisch
IPC: | B64F GROUND OR AIRCRAFT-CARRIER-DECK INSTALLATIONS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR USE IN CONNECTION WITH AIRCRAFT , Boden- oder Flugzeugträgerdeckeinrichtungen besonders ausgebildet für die Verwendung in Verbindung mit Luftfahrzeugen / B64D Ausrüstung für Flugzeuge , EQUIPMENT FOR FITTING IN OR TO AIRCRAFT |