Conceptual Design of a V/STOL Lift Fan Commercial Short Haul Transport: SummaryNational Aeronautics and Space Administration, 1973 - Short take-off and landing aircraft - 80 pages |
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12 ENGINES air pump aircraft attitude AIRLINE attitude control best compromise comparison cruise engines cruise flight cruise speed CTOL deflecting the thrust direct operating cost dispatch reliability effects Energy Transfer Control engine RLF engines with rotatable fan pressure ratio fan thrust fan turbine Figure forward fuselage fuel fuselage fans GROUND EFFECT ILF and RLF increase inlet installed lift and control lift engines lift fan engines lift system lift/cruise engines louvers for thrust MCAIR nacelles nautical miles noise number of engines parameters passengers PAYLOAD pod engines powered lift flight propulsion system propulsion units reduced retracting the hood RLF aircraft RLF configuration RLF SERIES RLF system rotatable hoods SELECTED AIRCRAFT short-haul shown STAGE LENGTH STOL mission takeoff thrust modulation thrust spoiling thrust vectoring thrust-to-weight ratio transition to cruise turbofan turbojet V/STOL VT104 ILF SERIES VTOGW VTOL wing loading wing tip pods yaw control