Patent ID: 7150432
Filing Date: 2006-12-19
Classification: B64C,B64D,Y02T

Abstract:
1. An aircraft thrust augmentation system, comprising: at least one wing, the wing having a wing outer envelope, a leading edge, and a trailing edge; at least one pulse jet engine positionable entirely within the wing outer envelope; and a movable slat defining a portion of the wing leading edge in a slat closed position, the slat being rotatable from the closed position to an open position operable to permit an air flow into a cavity in the wing leading edge defined when the slat is rotated, and from the cavity into the pulse jet engine; wherein the pulse jet engine operably produces an augmented thrust dischargeable adjacent the trailing edge of the wing when the slat is rotated to the open position during only each of a takeoff phase and a landing phase of an aircraft.