Jetoptera To Test HSVTOL Demo Concept In Wind Tunnel

Graham Warwick August 25, 2022
An array of fluidic propulsion thrusters blows over deployed high-lift flaps in wind-tunnel tests to measure lift augmentation.
Credit: Jetoptera
U.S. startup Jetoptera plans to test a blended wing body model with integrated fluidic propulsion and upper-surface blowing as it bids to win a U.S. Air Force contract to build a prototype high-speed vertical/short takeoff and landing aircraft. In Jetoptera’s bladeless Fluidic Propulsive System (FPS...
Graham Warwick

Graham leads Aviation Week's coverage of technology, focusing on engineering and technology across the aerospace industry, with a special focus on identifying technologies of strategic importance to aviation, aerospace and defense.

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