Title:
ROAD/AIR VEHICLE
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO2003078247
Kind Code:
B1
Abstract:
A road/air vehicle is able to quickly and easily convert between two configurations, air configuration and road configuration, to facilitate practical operation as both an aircraft and as an automobile. In air configuration the craft includes two laterally symmetrically flight surfaces, a smaller forward canard wing (18, 20), generally with fin surfaces, generally vertically disposed at each tip (23, 24). Control surfaces on the main wing, the canard wing and the tip fins severally provide roll control (51, 52) , pitch control rectangular pattern (55, 56), with the lateral distance between the two forward wheels and the operations. A suitable power plant (78) drives the rear wheels (40, 41) for ground operations. A second suitable power plant provides direct atmospheric thrust for flight operations. In road configuration all flight surfaces and avionics sensors are folded and stored insides compartments within the body of the craft. Controls to facilitate both ground and flight operation are available for a single operator to perform the functions of both driver in road configuration and pilot in air configuration.
Inventors:
HAYNES ROBIN (US)
Application Number:
PCT/US2003/006153
Publication Date:
December 11, 2003
Filing Date:
March 11, 2003
Export Citation:
Assignee:
HAYNES ROBIN (US)
International Classes:
B60F5/02; B64C3/56; B64C5/12; B64C37/00; (IPC1-7): B64C37/00
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