A rotary wing aircraft that extends along an associated roll axis between a nose region and an aft region. The rotary wing aircraft comprises a main rotor; a propeller that is at least configured to propel the rotary wing aircraft in forward flight condition, wherein the propeller forms a circular propeller disc in rotation around an associated rotation axis; and a shrouded duct that is arranged in the aft region and that forms an inner air duct which accommodates at least partly the propeller, wherein the shrouded duct comprises a yaw and pitch stability enhancement unit for improving yaw and pitch stability of the rotary wing aircraft in the forward flight condition.
Rotary wing aircraft with a shrouded tail propeller
2023-07-11
Patent
Elektronische Ressource
Englisch
IPC: | B64C AEROPLANES , Flugzeuge |
A ROTARY WING AIRCRAFT WITH A SHROUDED TAIL PROPELLER
Europäisches Patentamt | 2022
|A ROTARY WING AIRCRAFT WITH A SHROUDED TAIL PROPELLER
Europäisches Patentamt | 2023
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