AIRCRAFT HAVING AN AFT ENGINE

A method for operating an electric fan of an aircraft propulsion system includes (402) driving a plurality of fan blades of the electric fan with an electric machine to generate thrust for the aircraft; and (406) driving the electric machine with the plurality of fan blades of the electric fan to ge...

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Hauptverfasser:	VONDRELL, Randy, MURROW, Kurt, YAO, Jixian, MARRINAN, Patrick, NIERGARTH, Daniel, PASTOUCHENKO, Nikolai, MILLER, Brandon, JOSHI, Narendra
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng ; fre ; ger
Schlagworte:	AEROPLANES AIRCRAFT ARRANGEMENTS OR MOUNTING OF POWER PLANTS OR PROPULSIONTRANSMISSIONS IN AIRCRAFT AVIATION COSMONAUTICS EQUIPMENT FOR FITTING IN OR TO AIRCRAFT FLYING SUITS HELICOPTERS PARACHUTES PERFORMING OPERATIONS TRANSPORTING
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Zusammenfassung:	A method for operating an electric fan of an aircraft propulsion system includes (402) driving a plurality of fan blades of the electric fan with an electric machine to generate thrust for the aircraft; and (406) driving the electric machine with the plurality of fan blades of the electric fan to generate electrical power subsequent to driving the plurality of fan blades of the electric fan with the electric machine to generate thrust for the aircraft.