Patent ID: 11878805
Assignee: U.S. AERONAUTICS, INC.
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  F  Y | IPC B  F

Claim 6:
7. A method for aircraft propulsion, the method comprising:
using a reciprocating engine housed within a fuselage, driving a continuously variable transmission housed within the fuselage;
powering a first ducted-fan assembly using the reciprocating engine via a drive shaft connected to the continuously variable transmission;
controlling a temperature and pressure of air entering the reciprocating engine by compressing an engine inlet air; and
cooling an exhaust air from the reciprocating engine prior to the exhaust air entering a catalytic converter;
wherein the first ducted-fan assembly comprises stators that receive an airflow off the rotatable fan blades;
wherein the drive shaft enters a duct of the first ducted-fan assembly through a stator of the stators; and
wherein the first ducted-fan assembly comprises rotatable fan blades having an adjustable pitch, the method further comprising:
controlling a straightness of an airflow off the rotatable fan blades within first ducted-fan by adjusting a pitch of the rotatable fan blades.