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AssigneePratt & Whitney Canada Corp.
InventorsXi Wang, Jean Thomassin, Michael Lanktree, Pierre Bertrand
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A tractor aircraft power plant for propelling an aircraft is described. The tractor aircraft power plant is configured to improve serviceability of swirl-recovery vanes. The tractor aircraft power plant includes an intermittent combustion engine such as a Wankel engine operable to generate motive power. A bladed rotor is drivingly coupled to the Wankel engine and is disposed forward of the Wankel engine relative to a propulsion direction. A gearbox drivingly couples the bladed rotor to the Wankel engine. A plurality of vanes are angularly distributed about a rotation axis of the bladed rotor and are non-rotatable about the rotation axis of the bladed rotor. The vanes are disposed aft of the bladed rotor to interact with a flow of air propelled by the bladed rotor during rotation of the bladed rotor. The vanes are mounted to the gearbox to facilitate serviceability of the vanes.
A tractor aircraft power plant for propelling an aircraft, the tractor aircraft power plant comprising:
A tractor aircraft power plant for generating thrust for propelling an aircraft, the tractor aircraft power plant comprising:
A method of servicing a tractor aircraft power plant having an intermittent combustion engine, a bladed rotor drivingly coupled to the intermittent combustion engine via a gearbox and disposed forward of the intermittent combustion engine, and a plurality of swirl-recovery vanes disposed aft of the bladed rotor to interact with a flow of air exiting the bladed rotor during rotation of the bladed rotor, the gearbox including a housing and the swirl-recovery vanes being mounted to the housing of the gearbox, the method comprising:
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