- Patent Title: Rotor blown wing aircraft including a rotor blown wing having at least one selectively controllable control surface and a method of controlling a rotor blown wing aircraft
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Application No.: US15234562Application Date: 2016-08-11
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Publication No.: US09908615B2Publication Date: 2018-03-06
- Inventor: Mark R. Alber , Jeffery Parkhurst , Cody Fegely , Stephen Kubik
- Applicant: Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation
- Applicant Address: US CT Stratford
- Assignee: SIKORSKY AIRCRAFT CORPORATION
- Current Assignee: SIKORSKY AIRCRAFT CORPORATION
- Current Assignee Address: US CT Stratford
- Agency: Cantor Colburn LLP
- Main IPC: G05D1/00
- IPC: G05D1/00 ; B64C13/16 ; B64C29/02 ; B64C9/00 ; B64C25/52 ; G01C21/16

Abstract:
A rotor blown wing (RBW) aircraft including an airframe, at least one rotor blown wing (RBW) having at least control selectively controllable surface, at least one rotor configured to generate and direct an airflow over the at least one RBW, and a control system operatively connected to the at least two selectively controllable control surfaces. The control system selectively controls the at least one selectively controllable control surface to change the airflow over the at least one RBW to facilitate a vertical landing.
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