Wayfarer's distributed electric propulsion high-lift system is deployed only for takeoff and landing.
Credit: Wayfarer Aircraft
A U.S. startup is developing a retrofittable high-lift system that deploys electric propellers to blow over the wing and enable takeoffs and landings in distances shorter than 250 ft. Wayfarer Aircraft is working with Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University under a NASA contract to demonstrate the...
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