Wing-mounted turbine for generating electricity and increasing thrust

An aircraft comprising at least two wings, each having a distal wingtip and providing a lift force supporting the aircraft in flight in a predetermined direction at a particular freestream velocity V∞, and at least two turbines mounted on said wings, wherein:

• each said turbine includes a housing for mounting a said turbine proximate to the trailing edge of a respective wing of said aircraft;
• each said turbine includes (i) a plurality of blades with a predetermined airfoil profile and extending from a proximal blade root to a distal blade tip, said blades being mounted to a turbine shaft and arranged around a turbine axis for rotating said turbine shaft in the presence of an airflow introduced to a turbine inlet, and (ii) an electrical generator in said housing operatively connected to the turbine shaft for providing electricity to the aircraft when the turbine shaft is rotated by said airflow;
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• said blades are configured according to a set of turbine parameters related to the blade geometry, the turbine geometry, and the rate of rotation for providing a specified weighted combination of a propulsive force in the predetermined direction to an amount of power generated by said turbine when said turbines are mounted proximate the trailing edge of said wings at a location where an airflow trailing said wings when said aircraft is traveling at V∞ in said predetermined direction is introduced to the turbine inlets.