How do you make a CH-47 Chinook cruise at 250-knots? Vectored thrusters! Piasecki Aircraft, the Chinook's legacy inventor, has filed a patent application for this unusual Chinook configuration.
Two ducted fans, with differential pitch propellers and horizontal vanes, are attached to each side of the CH-47 fuselage. Thrust generated by the fans can be vectored horizontally (to boost speed) or vertically (to increase lift).
on January 23, 2009 1:07 PM | Reply
A Chinook with 2 hairdriers, bet thats going to kick-up alot of dust on take off!
on January 23, 2009 2:41 PM | Reply
Hey Peter,
Your comment got me wondering about gas recirculation problems also.
on January 23, 2009 3:46 PM | Reply
That is just trippy.