AIRCRAFT WITH A FUSELAGE SUBSTANTIALLY DESIGNED AS AN AERODYNAMIC LIFTING BODY

Title:

AIRCRAFT WITH A FUSELAGE SUBSTANTIALLY DESIGNED AS AN AERODYNAMIC LIFTING BODY

Document Type and Number:

WIPO Patent Application WO1998029303

Kind Code:

A3

Abstract:

The airship has a fuselage (1) built as an aerostatic buoyant body, having propellers (11,12,13,14) with respective shafts (121) and drive units (7,8,9,10). The respective propeller shaft (121) rotation plane (113) can be tilted all round relative to a drive shaft (104) of the allocated propeller drive, and the hull also does duty as aerodynamic float in a ship devoid of activatable aerodynamic steering system. The hull can be circular or elliptical to give an elliptical section whose upper shell is more steeply curved than the flatter bottom shell. The hull is fitted with a stiffener ring in its equatorial belt with the ring also of elliptical section in its exterior.

Inventors:

KUENKLER HERMANN (DE)

Application Number:

PCT/EP1998/000015

Publication Date:

November 05, 1998

Filing Date:

January 02, 1998

Export Citation:

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Assignee:

INDUSTRIEANLAGEN BETRIEBSGES (DE)
KUENKLER HERMANN (DE)

International Classes:

B63H5/125; B64B1/30; B64B1/06; B64B1/32; B64C11/02; B64C27/28; B64C27/52; B64C29/00; B64D35/00; (IPC1-7): B64B1/30; B64B1/06

Foreign References:

GB1561057A	1980-02-13
DE3508100A1	1986-09-11
DE2659401A1	1977-08-04
DE4132718A1	1993-04-22
DE210003C
US4995572A	1991-02-26
FR2286053A1	1976-04-23
GB2197276A	1988-05-18
US3486717A	1969-12-30
FR1391203A	1965-03-05

Other References:

DATABASE WPI Section PQ Week 9435, 19 October 1994 Derwent World Patents Index; Class Q25, AN 94-284236, XP002066074
FORD T: "THE TILT-ROTOR IN EUROPE", AIRCRAFT ENGINEERING, vol. 61, no. 6, 1 June 1989 (1989-06-01), pages 27 - 29, XP000069648

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