Aircraft powerplant
AssigneeROLLS-ROYCE plc
InventorStephen John BRADBROOK
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Abstract
An aircraft propulsion power plant for use in an aircraft includes one or more core engines housed in an airframe of the aircraft, one or more secondary propulsion units, each of the one or more secondary propulsion units being removably attached to the airframe, and one or more power transmission means, each of the one or more power transmission means being configured to transmit mechanical power from the or each core engine to a corresponding one of the or each secondary propulsion unit when the or each secondary propulsion unit is attached to the airframe.
Claims21
An aircraft propulsion power plant for use in an aircraft comprising:
- one or more core engines housed in an airframe of the aircraft;
- one or more secondary propulsion units, each of the one or more secondary propulsion units being removably attached to the airframe;
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- one or more power transmission means, each of the one or more power transmission means being configured to transmit mechanical power from the or each core engine to a corresponding one of the or each secondary propulsion unit when the or each secondary propulsion unit is attached to the airframe.
The power plant as claimed in claim 6, wherein the propeller is a variable pitch propeller.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.