25th Congress of International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences, 3 - 8 September 2006, Hamburg, Germany
Paper ICAS2006-1.3S

A POWERED LIFT DESIGN FOR SUBSONIC CIVIL TRANSPORT AIRCRAFT

N. Kehayas
Hellenic Air Force Academy, Greece

Keywords: powered lift, jet flap, aircraft design, unconventional configurations

It has been suggested that subsonic civil transport aircraft design is nearing its evolutionary potential and a departure in the form of a new configuration or technology is needed. In this paper a jet-flap type design is being evaluated and then compared to blended wing-body and advanced technology conventional designs.

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