A gas turbine engine has a fan drive turbine for selectively driving a fan rotor. A drive shaft between the fan drive turbine and the fan rotor includes a clutch, and an electric motor. The electric motor is positioned such that it is not downstream of a flow path relative to the fan drive turbine. A method of operating a gas turbine engine is also disclosed.
HYBRID DRIVE FOR GAS TURBINE ENGINE
2015-10-01
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
FAN DRIVE GEAR SYSTEM ELECTRICAL CONDITIONING CIRCUIT FOR HYBRID ELECTRIC GAS TURBINE ENGINE
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