Blockerless thrust reverser

A thrust reverser for an aircraft which does not utilize mechanical blockers comprising:

• a. said aircraft including a podded nacelle having a fan nacelle and a core nacelle, positioned symmetrically around a longitudinal axis, and housing a turbofan engine producing a core flow and a fan exit stream;
• b. an annular slot formed through an outer wall of said fan nacelle for turning forward and discharging said fan exit stream and part of the core flow, said annular slot having a forward surface and an aft surface connecting an inner exterior surface to an outer exterior surface of said outer wall, wherein said forward surface is a convex surface and said aft surface is a concave surface;
• c. a core jet injector means housed in said core nacelle for injecting part of the core flow into said fan exit stream thereby deflecting said fan exit stream and said part of the core flow into said annular slot, wherein said core jet injector means is positioned at an angular position (.o slashed.) of less than 45.degree. relative to the longitudinal axis, and facing upstream relative to the fan exit stream, to provide efficient deflection of the fan exit stream;
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• d. a control means for selectively opening and closing said core jet injector means, thereby providing selective thrust reversal.