公开(公告)号：US20220063796A1

公开(公告)日：2022-03-03

申请号：US17006965

申请日：2020-08-31

Applicant: General Electric Company

Inventor： Brendan Michael Freely ,  Kurt David Murrow ,  Michael James McMahon ,  Andrew Breeze-Stringfellow

IPC: B64C21/08 ,  B64C21/02 ,  B64D27/24 ,  G05D1/10 ,  B64D27/00 ,  F04D25/16

Abstract: An aircraft equipped with a distributed fan propulsion system and methods of operating such aircraft are provided. In one aspect, an aircraft includes a wing having a top surface and a bottom surface. The aircraft also has a distributed propulsion system that includes a suction fan array having one or more fans mounted to the wing and a pressure fan array having one or more fans mounted to the wing. The fans of the suction fan array are each positioned primarily above the top surface of the wing and the fans of the pressure fan array are each positioned primarily below the bottom surface of the wing. The fans of the suction fan array are controllable independent of the fans of the pressure fan array so that the air pressure above and/or below the wing can be locally controlled, allowing for adjustment of lift on the wing.