Wayfarer’s Stowable Distributed Electric High-Lift System Passes Tests

Wayfarer Aircraft

The Waylift distributed electric propulsion high-lift system was tested in a Cessna 182 model.

Credit: Wayfarer Aircraft
Wayfarer Aircraft has completed NASA-supported scaled flight tests of 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. With funding support from NASA, the Waylift system was installed on a one...
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