Thrust vectoring aft flade engine

摘要

An aft FLADE gas turbine engine (1) including a fan section (115) drivenly connected to a low pressure turbine section followed by an aft FLADE turbine (160) having at least one row of aft FLADE fan blades (5) radially extending across a FLADE duct (3) circumscribing the aft FLADE turbine (160), and at least one thrust vectoring nozzle in pressurized fluid flow receiving communication with the FLADE duct (3). One embodiment of the engine (1) includes spaced apart right and left hand FLADE exhaust nozzles (125 and 135) in pressurized fluid flow receiving communication with the FLADE duct (3) and offset from a main engine exhaust nozzle (218) located downstream of the aft FLADE turbine (160). Right and left hand valves (162 and 164) disposed in right and left hand ducts (155 and 156) extending between a FLADE airflow manifold (231) in pressurized fluid flow receiving communication with the FLADE duct (3) may be used to vector thrust. The right and left hand FLADE exhaust nozzle (125 and 135) may be fixed or thrust vectoring nozzles.