Gas turbine engine inlet
AssigneeRtx Corporation
InventorsYuan J. Qiu, Robert M. Miller, Wesley K. Lord, Gavin Hendricks
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AssigneeRtx Corporation
InventorsYuan J. Qiu, Robert M. Miller, Wesley K. Lord, Gavin Hendricks
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A gas turbine engine includes a fan section including a fan. A fan nacelle surrounds the fan and includes an inlet with an inlet leading edge plane and a throat. A compressor section is arranged in a core nacelle and includes a first compressor and a second compressor. A turbine section is arranged in the core nacelle and includes a fan drive turbine and a second turbine. A fan hub mounts the fan and a spinner axially forward of the fan. The fan drive turbine drives the fan through a geared architecture. The fan includes a fan leading edge forward-most point spaced apart from the inlet leading edge plane by an inlet length. The spinner includes a spinner length from a spinner forward-most point to the fan leading edge forward-most point. A ratio of the spinner length to inlet length is greater than or equal to 0.5.
A gas turbine engine comprising:
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