Title:
改良型垂直離着陸機
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP2006528583
Kind Code:
A
Abstract:
A VTOL vehicle including a fuselage with two foldable wings, two tiltable nacelles attached to the wings, a vertical stabilizer, a horizontal stabilizer, and two auxiliary thrusters. Each nacelle contains a system of vanes located at the rear opening thereof, and actuators are provided for extending and retracting the vanes in conjunction with nacelle tilting mechanisms to deflect the airflow over a predetermined range of angles from the horizontal. Each nacelle also contains two rotary engines, each of which directly drives a fan. The fans face each other and operate in counter-rotating directions at the same rotational speed. An alternative embodiment includes two additional nacelles attached to the fuselage instead of having the auxiliary thrusters. A redundant computerized flight control system maintains stability of the vehicle as it transitions from one flight mode to another.
Inventors:
Moller, Paul Es
Application Number:
JP2006532279A
Publication Date:
December 21, 2006
Filing Date:
February 02, 2004
Export Citation:
Assignee:
Morar International Incorporated
International Classes:
B64C29/00; B64C3/56; B64C11/00; B64C11/48; B64C13/50; B64C37/00; B64D27/06; B64D31/06
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Masaki Yamakawa
Shigeki Yamakawa
Shigeki Yamakawa