The present disclosure relates to 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 shrouded duct that is arranged in the aft region and that forms an inner air duct, wherein the shrouded duct is formed to generate sideward thrust for main rotor anti-torque in forward flight condition of the rotary wing aircraft; and a propeller that is at least configured to propel the rotary wing aircraft in the forward flight condition; wherein the propeller forms a circular propeller disc in rotation around an associated rotation axis; and wherein the propeller is rotatably mounted to the shrouded duct such that the circular propeller disc is at least essentially arranged inside of the inner air duct.


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    Title :

    Rotary wing aircraft with a shrouded tail propeller


    Contributors:

    Publication date :

    2024-07-16


    Type of media :

    Patent


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English


    Classification :

    IPC:    B64C AEROPLANES , Flugzeuge



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