Distributed electric propulsion modular wing aircraft with blown wing and extreme flaps for VTOL and/or STOL flight

An aircraft comprising:

• a fuselage;
• a plurality of propeller-blown wings mounted at different longitudinal locations along the fuselage of the aircraft, the plurality of propeller-blown wings producing two or more lifting surfaces, fixed at a predetermined acute wing angle greater than 0° and substantially less than 90° relative to a horizontal plane, and having a plurality of flaps disposed behind the plurality of propeller-blown wings and deployable between a fully retracted position, wherein the flaps are fixed at the predetermined acute wing angle, and a fully extended position, wherein the flaps are pointed vertically downward at an oblique angle relative to a wing body axis of the wings, wherein the plurality of propeller-blown wings are fixed relative to the fuselage;
• and
• a plurality of propellers distributed in front of the plurality of propeller-blown wings and mounted such that the plurality of propeller-blown wings are externally blown by forced airstreams from the propellers,
• wherein
• the propellers produce distributed thrust components laterally along the wings and longitudinally across the aircraft comprising at least a resultant first vertical lift component,
• the flaps, when in the extended position, are in the forced airstreams of the propellers,
• the flaps, when in the extended position and pointed in a downward direction relative to the plurality of propeller-blown wings at a flap angle below a retracted position and with the plurality of propeller-blown wings fixed at the acute wing angle relative to the horizontal plane, deflect the forced airstream downward to negate forward movement of the aircraft and produce a net upward force, thereby generating at least a resultant second vertical lift component, and
• the first vertical lift component and the second vertical lift component provide adjustable distributed lift components laterally and longitudinally across the aircraft for hovering the aircraft with no aircraft forward speed during vertical take-off and landing operation.