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    In aeronautics, Distributed propulsion is an arrangement in which the propulsive and related air flows are distributed over the aerodynamic surfaces of...
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    startup Electra.aero. The EL-2 is a hybrid electric aircraft with distributed propulsion for short takeoff and landing (STOL). Electra creator John Langford...
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    with support from the French DGAC. Safran will provide the distributed hybrid propulsion system: turbogenerator, electric power management system and...
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    hybrid-electric architectures may be ready for 100 seaters and distributed propulsion with tighter integration of airframe may enable further efficiency...
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    Laser propulsion is a form of beam-powered propulsion where the energy source is a remote (usually ground-based) laser system and separate from the reaction...
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  • Barrett, S. R. H. (2013). "On the performance of electrohydrodynamic propulsion". Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering...
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  • Dihedral – Dilbert Dunker – Distance measuring equipment (DME) – Distributed propulsion – Downwash – Drag – Drag-reducing aerospike – Drogue parachute –...
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    commercial applications, the tilt-wing XV-24A Lightning Strike and its distributed propulsion could be reused for an electric commercial air taxi along its lift-and-cruise...
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    chamber and the inlet guide vane system. Compatible with hybrid and distributed propulsion systems, in cruise flight one of the two engines could be shut down...
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    Spacecraft electric propulsion (or just electric propulsion) is a type of spacecraft propulsion technique that uses electrostatic or electromagnetic fields...
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  • high-speed VTOL aircraft scheduled to fly in 2018 with electric distributed propulsion using Rolls’ AE1107 turboshaft (with the same AE2100 core) driving...
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    electric propulsion systems for aircraft. As over 100 companies try to build eVTOL, Lindbergh wants to supply its electric distributed propulsion from 2023:...
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  • two configurations: more of the same size modules for electric distributed propulsion, or larger sized modules extrapolating the flight-test results,...
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    inherit the program and growing commercial interest, as electric distributed propulsion is used in Aurora’s eVTOL aircraft developed with Uber Elevate....
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    is a type of airbreathing jet engine that is widely used in aircraft propulsion. The word "turbofan" is a combination of references to the preceding generation...
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    Tecnam P2006T (a conventional four-seater light aircraft) with distributed electric propulsion (DEP) wings, each containing electrically driven propellers...
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    J. A., Busan, R. C., & Croom, M. A. (2014, June). NASA Langley Distributed Propulsion VTOL Tilt-Wing Aircraft Testing, Modeling, Simulation, Control,...
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    Nuclear pulse propulsion or external pulsed plasma propulsion is a hypothetical method of spacecraft propulsion that uses nuclear explosions for thrust...
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  • new aircraft designs for passengers. These technologies included distributed propulsion (the use of multiple rotors or fans), lithium ion batteries, inexpensive...
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  • Colin SP, Costello JH, Dabiri JO, Sutherland KR (2022-12-06). "Distributed propulsion enables fast and efficient swimming modes in physonect siphonophores"...
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  • feature high aspect-ratio wings for energy efficient flight, distributed electric propulsion and swappable battery packs with advanced cell chemistry. The...
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  • demands of unconventional aircraft concepts like Turbo-Electric distributed propulsion. Although NASA’s focus is on analyzing aerospace applications, the...
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    developed a revolutionary vehicle concept that employs Electric Distributed Propulsion (EDP) in eighteen 31 in (79 cm) wing fans, and six 21 in (53 cm)...
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  • 2011-08-20. Retrieved 2010-09-27. GE Distributed Power - Jenbacher Type 2 Archived 2009-08-13 at the Wayback Machine GE Distributed Power - Jenbacher Type 3 Archived...
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  • Kestrel Aerospace PAV 150,000 15 One person air vehicle using a ducted fan propulsion system Simon Scott's pitch failed due to the dragons' belief that he had...
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  • distribution system for ships with electric propulsion. This concept represents a new way of distributing energy for low-voltage installations on ships...
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    and nearby stars, interstellar travel is not practicable with current propulsion technologies. To travel between stars within a reasonable amount of time...
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  • Mississippi Benjamin Quarles & Sterling Stuckey color 15m November 10, 1971 Jet Propulsion (Emerson Film Corp.) B&W 11m November 24, 1952 video [467] Job Opportunities...
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    was an American physicist and aerospace engineer who researched laser propulsion. He was responsible for Mockingbird, a conceptual design for an extremely...
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  • been in service for 40 months. The filter was later analysed at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), the foremost lab of NASA for work on interplanetary...
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