Abstract: An engine system for an aircraft capable of operating in a helicopter-type flight mode and a fixed-wing flight mode and is capable of transitioning between those flight modes while in-flight includes first and second engines, and a ducting assembly. The ducting assembly includes a first exhaust subassembly in fluid communication with the first engine and a second exhaust subassembly in fluid communication with the second engine. The first exhaust subassembly permits fluid transfer substantially independent of fluid transfer within the second exhaust subassembly.
Inventors:
James Everett Kooiman, Michael Edwin Rinehart, Lynn Francis Eschete, Jason Paul Winter, Derek Ray Eddins, Steven Allen Robedeau, Jr., Clegg Benjamin Brian Smith, Mark Loring Isaac, Andrew Thomas Carter, Aaron Alexander Acee, Glenn Alan Shimek, Jared Mark Paulson, Andrew Paul Haldeman, Brent Chadwick Ross, Steven Ray Ivans