A rotorcraft with at least one main rotor and a fuselage, comprising: a tail boom connected to the fuselage, the tail boom extending in a longitudinal direction from the fuselage toward a duct-type portion; a shroud provided at the duct-type portion and forming a transverse duct comprising a circumferential direction and a longitudinal extension oriented at least essentially perpendicular to the circumferential direction and the longitudinal direction of the tail boom; and at least one ducted tail rotor rotatably arranged in the transverse duct; wherein the shroud comprises a first section connected to the tail boom and a second section spaced apart from the tail boom and diametrically opposed to the first section, the first section comprising an airfoil-like aerodynamic profile.
ROTORCRAFT WITH A TAIL BOOM HAVING A DUCT-TYPE PORTION
2024-05-02
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
IPC: | B64C AEROPLANES , Flugzeuge |
A ROTORCRAFT WITH A TAIL BOOM HAVING A DUCTED TAIL ROTOR
European Patent Office | 2024
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