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 95 PNdB accomplished by extending air pump aircraft attitude AIRLINE attitude control best compromise cruise engines cruise flight cruise speed CTOL deflecting the thrust direct operating cost dispatch reliability effects Energy Transfer Control engine aircraft engine RLF engines with rotatable extending or retracting fan pressure ratio FAN RLF fan thrust fan turbine Figure forward fuselage fuel fuselage fans ILF and RLF increase inlet installed lift and control lift engines lift fan engines lift/cruise engines louvers for thrust nacelles nautical miles 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 shown STAGE LENGTH STOL takeoff thrust modulation thrust spoiling thrust vectoring transition to cruise turbofan turbojet V/STOL VT104 ILF SERIES VTOGW VTOL wing fans wing loading wing tip pods yaw control