Patent ID: 11970275
Assignee: ISRAEL AEROSPACE INDUSTRIES LTD.
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 16:
17. The method according to claim 16, including at least one of:
wherein the DEP system is configured for providing said augmented lift to the main aerodynamic lift generating wing arrangement in separated wake conditions and for selectively concurrently generating enhanced drag such as to enable the air vehicle to provide at least powered aerodynamic landing at said separated wake conditions and at a landing air speed less than the nominal stall speed of the air vehicle absent operation of the DEP system; or
wherein each said secondary electrical propulsion units comprises an electrical motor unit that is configured for operating to turn a respective driveshaft about a respective rotor axis, and a respective rotor mounted to the driveshaft, each rotor having a respective rotor diameter, and wherein in step (C) the secondary electrical propulsion units of each one of said first plurality of secondary electrical propulsion units are spaced over each one of said port wing and said starboard wing at an inter-rotor spacing between each adjacent pair of said secondary electrical propulsion units, wherein said inter-rotor spacing are each less than a respective rotor diameter of the respective said rotor of the respective adjacent pair of said secondary electrical propulsion units.