Title:
VERTICAL TAKEOFF AND LANDING AIRCRAFT CAPABLE OF TRAVELING ON ROAD
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP3796541
Kind Code:
B2
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a vertical takeoff and landing aircraft capable of traveling on a road such a local road or the like same as a general automobile while securing fundamental aerodynamic property and vertical takeoff and landing property as an aircraft, reducing the outer size in the same dimension as a general automobile, and securing sufficient visibility in a road traveling.
SOLUTION: One or a plurality of fans 3a, 3b for vertical takeoff and landing are respectively disposed in front and rear of a cabin 2 in a body 10. Main wings 4, 4 disposed on both sides of the central part 11 of the body 10 can be folded upward along the cabin 2. Since the machine body is made to be a forward leaning posture from the usual horizontal flight condition with the angle of a forward leaning posture under traveling condition on a road, visibility from the cabin 2 becomes good, and vertical stabilizers 5, 5 and a horizontal stabilizer 6 extending downward can be disposed on the space S formed between the rear part 12 of the body 10 and a road surface G. Accordingly, the width and the height of the body can be suppressed in a same way as a vehicle and can travel on a local road.
Inventors:
Yoshio Saito
Application Number:
JP2002290136A
Publication Date:
July 12, 2006
Filing Date:
October 02, 2002
Export Citation:
Assignee:
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency
International Classes:
B60F5/02; B64C29/00; (IPC1-7): B64C29/00; B60F5/02
Domestic Patent References:
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Foreign References:
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Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Shigenobu Oshiro
Masuo Yamada
Fumio Sato
Masuo Yamada
Fumio Sato