HYBRID AIRCRAFT - TOVARISCHESTVO S OGRANICHENNOI

Title:

HYBRID AIRCRAFT

Document Type and Number:

WIPO Patent Application WO/1995/007215

Kind Code:

A1

Abstract:

The proposed hybrid aircraft comprises a housing (1) in the form of a thick central wing with a vertical open conduit (2) in which is accommodated a lift propeller (4). The aircraft in addition has side wings and a tail assembly (8), as well as landing gear onan air cushion (19) around the conduit outlet. The aircraft power unit comprises two engine units (13) mounted at either end of the conduit (2) and connected to the lift propeller (4) and cruise propellers (12). The cross-sectional area of the conduit in the plane of rotation of the lift propeller is 0.3 to 0.8 that of the landing gear air cushion, which allows the aircraft to land safely on unsurfaced landing areas even when one of the engine units malfunctions.

Inventors:

KAPIN VIKTOR MIKHAILOVICH (RU)
IVCHIN VALERIY ANDREEVICH (RU)
PAVLENKO NIKOLAI SERATHIMOVICH (RU)
POGREBINSKY EVGENY LVOVICH (RU)
SUBBOTIN VIKTOR VLADIMIROVICH (RU)
MAJOROV OLEG NIKOLAEVICH (RU)

Application Number:

PCT/RU1994/000207

Publication Date:

March 16, 1995

Filing Date:

September 02, 1994

Export Citation:

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Assignee:

TOVARISCHESTVO S OGRANICHENNOI (RU)
KAPIN VIKTOR MIKHAILOVICH (RU)
IVCHIN VALERIY ANDREEVICH (RU)
PAVLENKO NIKOLAI SERATHIMOVICH (RU)
POGREBINSKY EVGENY LVOVICH (RU)
SUBBOTIN VIKTOR VLADIMIROVICH (RU)
MAJOROV OLEG N (RU)

International Classes:

B60V3/08; B64C27/20; B64C27/22; B64C29/00; (IPC1-7): B64C29/00; B64C27/22

Foreign References:

US3689011A	1972-09-05
US5152478A	1992-10-06
US4298175A	1981-11-03
US2988301A	1961-06-13
US3938761A	1976-02-17

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