Conceptual Design Studies of Candidate V/STOL Lift Fan Commercial Short Haul Transport for 1980-85 V/STOL Lift Fan StudyNational Aeronautics and Space Administration, 1973 - Short take-off and landing aircraft - 96 pages |
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95 PNdB AIR MANEUVER AIRFRAME PRICE airplane altitude AREA FT.2 BODY LENGTH bypass ratio climb control power cruise engines cruise fan cruise requirements cruise thrust CTOL direct operating costs drag coefficient eight-engine engine costs engine maintenance fan design fan failure FAN PRESSURE RATIO flaps flight path gross weight Hamilton Standard installed thrust integral fan integral lift fan LB/HR lift engines LIFT FAN M"-M low speed match maximum MODEL NOZZLE AREA RATIO OVERALL HEIGHT OVERALL LENGTH OVERALL PRESSURE RATIO passenger payload pitch prop fan propulsion system rad/secē range remote fans remote lift fan REMOTE LIFT SYSTEM ROOT CHORD SEA LEVEL SEAT STATUTE MILE shown on Figure SPAN FT SPECIFIC FUEL CONSUMPTION STANDARD DAY takeoff and landing Thrust vectoring thrust weight ratio THRUST/WEIGHT TURBINE ENTRY TEMPERATURE V/STOL Lift Fan Vcon vertical takeoff VTO WEIGHT VTOGW VTOL mission VTOL STOL VTOL WT WING HORIZ wing-loading