CN102627147A

CN102627147A - One-man flight vehicle being capable of lifting vertically and provided with fixed wings

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Publication number: CN102627147A
Application number: CN2012101209142A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 赵辉; 张艺婷
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 2012-04-24
Filing date: 2012-04-24
Publication date: 2012-08-08
Also published as: CN102785776A

Abstract

The invention discloses a wearing type one-man flight vehicle having vertical lifting and horizontal flight functions and provided with fixed wings. The one-man flight vehicle is composed of wings, a horizontal tail, a vertical tail, a main engine, a propeller, a safety harness, a flight controller, a machine body, a tail engine, a battery, a support arm, solar panels, a life-saving parachute and a life-saving air bag. Active transition between vertical lifting and horizontal flight is achieved through the tail engine, and remote flight is achieved through the wings with high aspect ratio. The wings, the horizontal tail, the vertical tail and the like can be stored in a foldable mode, the large-area solar panels are installed on the surfaces of a plurality of portions of the flight vehicle including the wings, and the whole flight vehicle becomes a huge solar charger after the wings are unfolded so that the problem of charging at any time at any place is solved. The wearing type one-man flight vehicle is simple in structure, the energy is green, a life-saving system is complete, and the application range is wide.

Description

But a kind of VTOL fixed-wing individual lift device

Technical field

The present invention relates to a kind of individual lift device, but especially a kind of fixed-wing individual lift device of solar recharging with VTOL and horizontal flight function.

Background technology

Single is human dream for thousands of years as the bird free flight.Existing light-duty individual lift device that can VTOL has crown coaxial rotor scheme, the single rotor scheme (like Mexican Libelula Backpack type Helicopter System) in the crown, jet knapsack, rocket braces (like Zelanian " the jet knapsack of Martin ") etc.; The total advantage of these schemes is VTOL; But total major defect is not have fixed wing; Can't realize remote flat flying, all very short during boat with voyage, and flight cost high, handle complicacy, poor stability.Existing light-duty individual lift device such as powered paraglider and power delta-winged aircraft etc. that can horizontal flight all can't VTOL, and need be by through the sportsman of specialized training or handle skilled airhog and could use.Therefore above two types of light-duty individual lift devices all are difficult to extensive popularizing.

At Chinese patent number is CN1203167A; Application number is 97112823.5; Name is called in the patent of " manned vertically taking off and landing flyer " and discloses a kind of manned vertically taking off and landing flyer; It is that the driving engine hoisting force must act on the transverse center of gravity during according to the V-22 VTOL aircraft VTOL of U.S. army; Proposition utilizes slide rail initiatively to change the two relative position of chaufeur center of gravity and aircraft center of gravity, makes the vertical center of gravity of total system (chaufeur and aircraft) and transverse center of gravity realize switch transition, thus make the aerial statue of aircraft can be between VTOL and horizontal flight switch transition.But the maximum defective of this method is that the relative position of chaufeur center of gravity and aircraft center of gravity is unfixing; When utilizing slide rail to slidably reciprocate the two relative center-of-gravity position of adjustment awing; The crank that causes makes total system top-heavy easily, might cause flying upside down and hitting ground.That is to say that slide rail slip adjustment center-of-gravity position is not one and is prone to converge on stable control process to have bigger danger, and rail structure is complicated, weight is big.

At application number is 200810070233.3, and publication number is CN101353084A, and name is called in the invention of " light aerobat capable of landing or taking-off vertically "; And application number is 200910168948.7, and publication number is CN 101927825, and name is called in the invention of " individual lift device " has announced two kinds of similar individual lift devices; But also VTOL and horizontal flight; But the state exchange of the two is to utilize the rotation of engine drive ducted fan to produce power, blows on wing and empennage to produce moment, controls the conversion of VTOL and horizontal flight with this; This is a kind of passive type state exchange, and state exchange is dumb.

In addition, above publication number is that the wing area of aircraft is too small, can't produce enough lift during horizontal flight and carry total system weight in the patent of CN 101927825 and CN101353084A.

Summary of the invention

To the defective that above-mentioned prior art exists, the technical matters that the present invention will solve provides a kind of fixed-wing individual lift device, but the realization VTOL of safe ready and level flight condition conversion solve the problem of solar power as power source of using simultaneously.

In order to solve the problems of the technologies described above, the technical scheme that the present invention adopted is:

Utilize a rear engine to realize the state exchange transition between VTOL and the horizontal flight.But a kind of VTOL fixed-wing individual lift device comprises wing, tailplane, vertical tail, sustainer, main engine, battery, safety harness, flight controller, it is characterized in that; One end of wing and fuselage is connected; The other end of fuselage is equipped with a rear engine, is used for the state exchange transition between VTOL and the horizontal flight, when aircraft from plumbness when horizontality is changed; Rear engine drives the tail undercarriage rotation to produce a side force vertical with fuselage; Promote aircraft and changed to level flight condition by plumbness, after the aircraft state exchange was horizontality, rear engine rotated to horizontality; At this moment tail undercarriage provides level thrust backward, plays the afterbody progradation; When from horizontality when plumbness is changed, carry out inverse process.When adopting left and right power arrangement, sustainer, main engine is two ones, is installed on the left and right wing with aircraft longitudinal axis symmetry respectively, and a driving engine just changes, and an engine inversion is with the moment of torsion of cancelling out each other; When adopting close coupled type screw propeller layout, sustainer, main engine is installed on the aircraft longitudinal axis line of centers.Sustainer, main engine and rear engine can be electrical motor, combustion engine, turbine engine, jet engine, can also be other forms of driving engines, can also be jet storage tanks.But main screw and tail undercarriage are the displacement screw propeller, and main screw can change the pulling force size through displacement; Tail undercarriage can change thrust size or direction through displacement, also can change thrust direction through rotating.

The a pair of arm of holding up also is housed on the aircraft, and flight controller is installed in to be held up on the arm, is similar to motorcycle last controller, and chaufeur is hand steered like this when holding up arm, holds flight controller naturally.Fuselage is scalable fuselage, and when state of flight, fuselage elongation is to increase rear engine, vertical tail, the tailplane acting force arm to aircraft center of gravity, manipulative capability and stability when improving flight.

The propeller blade of wing, tailplane, vertical tail, sustainer, main engine, the blade of rear engine can fold, and conveniently deposit, transport and repairing etc.Main screw and tail undercarriage can cover with guard, or adopt the duct structure, to improve safety.

Sustainer, main engine and rear engine can be electrical motor, combustion engine, turbine engine, jet engine, can also be other forms of driving engines, can also be jet storage tanks.

When this aircraft adopted electrical motor as driving engine, power source was a battery, and battery can be a storage battery, also can be fuel cell or other batteries, can also be the hybrid battery that comprises multiple battery.

This aircraft comprises that the upper and lower surface of wing, tailplane and the surface, a plurality of position of vertical tail both side surface aircraft all are equipped with large-area solar panel; Can obtain the approximately above area of at least 10 sq ms; The direct radiation from sunlight is accepted at positions such as upper surface of the airfoil; The indirec radiation of sunlight is accepted at lower surface and other positions; Improved solar energy utilization rate, wing launches the whole aircraft in back like this becomes a large-sized solar charger, has solved the problem of charging whenever and wherever possible.According to the present mankind's technology, the solar panel photoelectric transformation efficiency is near 20%, the about 120～150W of every sq m solar panel horsepower output during direct projection; Consider light direct beam and non-direct projection equiluminous problem; Primary Calculation, this aircraft can obtain about 700～1200 watts electric power at fine day, in other words; Solar panel can obtain at least 5 degree electric energy a daytime, and tens of kilometers are enough to fly.Like this, even in the remote districts that do not have electrically-charging equipment, as long as the place of sunlight is arranged, this aircraft just has unlimited flying power.When solar panel power shortage and dull thread are taken in, can switch to battery powered mode, the perhaps battery powered while is also utilized solar recharging, in the time of can prolonging voyage or the boat of aircraft greatly.Along with technological advance, conversion efficiency of solar cell also can continue to improve (for example the conversion efficiency of gallium arsenide compound solar cell has reached 30% at present), and the tractive performance of aircraft and endurance also can improve.If the conversion efficiency of solar cell surpasses 50%, this aircraft suitably strengthens wing area again, just is hopeful to realize utilizing fully solar power flight.Therefore this aircraft is in case popularize, and will be expected to become do not consume gasoline, zero-emission, environmental protection and can the globaetrotting family expenses vehicle fully.

For aircraft, lifesaving is the problem that can't avoid.Therefore on this aircraft escape parachute and life saving air bag are installed also; In when, in-flight emergency situation taking place when; Chaufeur, escape parachute and life saving air bag can separate with other parts of aircraft, so that open the escape parachute escape, if drop to waterborne; Then life saving air bag can be full of the gas ejection immediately, realizes water survival.

Beneficial effect

The present invention contrasts prior art and has following beneficial effect:

1. the present invention utilizes rear engine to realize the state exchange transition between VTOL and the horizontal flight, safety of operation, state exchange freely and simple in structure, and rear engine plays tail and pushes away effect when the aircraft horizontal flight, kills two birds with one stone;

2. the upper and lower surface and the side at each positions such as the wing of this aircraft, vertical tail, tailplane all are equipped with large-area solar panel; The direct radiation and the indirec radiation of sunlight have been utilized to greatest extent; Wing launches the whole aircraft in back becomes a huge solar charger; Improve the endurance of aircraft, can lack the land or the remote travelling waterborne of charging equipment and energy green non-pollution;

3. this aircraft is designed to wearablely, simple in structure, in light weight to human physiological structure's characteristics, does not need the landing runway, utilizes the wing of high aspect ratio to realize remote flight fast;

4. complete life saving system is installed on the aircraft, has solved the safety problem of family expenses aircraft, family expenses are popularized on a large scale, also can be used for other fields such as military affairs.

Do further detailed explanation below in conjunction with the accompanying drawing specific embodiments of the invention.

Fig. 1 is a block diagram of the present invention;

Fig. 2 is a birds-eye view of the present invention;

Fig. 3 is the scheme drawing of level flight condition of the present invention;

Fig. 4 is the scheme drawing after the present invention folds.

Fig. 5 is that the present invention adopts straight-bar to hold up the block diagram of arm;

Fig. 6 is the block diagram that the present invention adopts the coaxial double-rotary wing landing;

Fig. 7 is that the present invention adopts the scheme drawing of jet engine as sustainer, main engine.

1. wings among the figure, 2. sustainer, main engine, 3. screw propeller, 4. fuselage, 5. rear engine, 6. tail undercarriage, 7. tailplane, 8. vertical tail, 9. battery, 10. safety harness, 11. flight controllers, 12. hold up arm, 13 solar panels.

The specific embodiment

Embodiment one:

Adopting left and right power arrangement with aircraft is that embodiment further specifies.

In accompanying

drawing

1,2,3, wing 1 is that symmetry is divided into left and right both wings with the longitudinal axis of aircraft, and the lower end, middle part of wing 1 is connected with fuselage 4 one ends, and fuselage 4 other ends are equipped with rear engine 5, tailplane 7 and vertical tail 8.Sustainer, main engine 2 is two ones, is symmetricly set on the left and right wing 1, and drawing in when being used for VTOL and horizontal flight, and also 3 one ones on two screw propellers installing just change, and a counter-rotating is with the moment of torsion of cancelling out each other.There are escape parachute and life saving air bag to be used for lifesaving on the aircraft.Flight controller 11 is installed in to be held up on the arm 12.

The upper and lower surface and the side at each positions such as wing 1, tailplane 7, vertical tail 8 all are equipped with large-area solar panel 13; Utilized the direct radiation and the indirec radiation of sunlight to greatest extent, wing 1 launches the whole aircraft in back becomes a huge solar charger.

When needs flew, the aviator opened folding aircraft, and wing 1, tailplane 7, vertical tail 8 are placed the state of conventional airplane, back aircraft; Fastening safety harness 10 is stood on the ground, similarly puts on a microlight-type fixed wing aircraft, at this moment holds and holds up arm 12; Handle flight controller 11, start two sustainer, main engines 2, drive screw propeller 3 and begin rotation; Realization is taken off vertically, and the chaufeur controlling aircraft is stretched out fuselage 4 then, starts rear engine 5; At this moment tail undercarriage 6 rotation is to produce a side force vertical with fuselage 4, and the promotion aircraft is changed to level flight condition by plumbness, after the aircraft state exchange is horizontality; Rear engine 5 rotates to horizontality, and level thrust backward is provided, and plays the afterbody progradation.When from horizontality when plumbness is changed, carry out inverse process.

Shown in accompanying drawing 4, screw propeller 3 blades of wing 1, tailplane 7, vertical tail 8, sustainer, main engine 2, the blade of rear engine 5 can fold, and are beneficial to and deposit, transport, check, repair.

This aircraft can also be with holding up arm 12 to change direct rod shape into by bending, and is as shown in Figure 5.

Embodiment two:

Adopting close coupled type with screw propeller is that example further specifies.

Shown in accompanying drawing 6, when adopting close coupled type screw propeller 3 layouts, sustainer, main engine 2 is installed on the line of centers of wing 1 left and right symmetry.During flight, two 3 one ones on screw propellers of installing up and down just change, and a counter-rotating is with the moment of torsion of cancelling out each other.

Other parts are with embodiment one.

Embodiment three:

Adopting jet engine with sustainer, main engine 2 is that example further specifies.

Shown in accompanying drawing 7, sustainer, main engine 2 is two ones, is symmetricly set on the left and right wing 1, advances when being used for VTOL and horizontal flight.

Other parts are with embodiment one.

The above only is the description of preferred implementation of the present invention; Should be pointed out that finiteness owing to literal expression, and at the concrete structure that objectively has other; For those skilled in the art; Under the prerequisite that does not break away from the principle of the invention, can also make some improvement and retouching, these improvement and retouching also should be regarded as protection scope of the present invention.

Claims

1. but a VTOL fixed-wing individual lift device comprises wing, tailplane, vertical tail, sustainer, main engine, screw propeller, battery, safety harness, flight controller, it is characterized in that; One end of wing and fuselage is connected; The other end of fuselage is equipped with a rear engine, is used for the state exchange transition between VTOL and the horizontal flight, when aircraft from plumbness when horizontality is changed; Rear engine drives the tail undercarriage rotation to produce a side force vertical with fuselage; To the horizontality transition, after the aircraft state exchange was level flight condition, rear engine rotated to horizontality and thrust backward is provided the promotion aircraft by plumbness; When from horizontality when plumbness is changed, carry out inverse process.

2. but VTOL fixed-wing individual lift device according to claim 1 is characterized in that, when adopting left and right double dynamical layout; Sustainer, main engine is two ones; Be respectively that symmetry is installed on the left and right wing with the center-line of an aerofoil, a driving engine just changes, an engine inversion; When adopting close coupled type screw propeller layout, sustainer, main engine is installed on the aircraft longitudinal center axis.

3. but VTOL fixed-wing individual lift device according to claim 2; It is characterized in that; The upper and lower surface and the side that comprise a plurality of positions of wing, tailplane and vertical tail aircraft all are equipped with large-area solar panel, and solar panel and battery composition hybrid power system.

4. but according to each described VTOL fixed-wing individual lift device of claim 1 to 3; It is characterized in that; Sustainer, main engine and rear engine can be electrical motor, combustion engine, turbine engine, jet engine; Can also be other forms of driving engine, can also be jet storage tank.

5. but according to each described VTOL fixed-wing individual lift device of claim 1 to 3, it is characterized in that, but main screw and tail undercarriage are the displacement screw propeller.

6. but according to each described VTOL fixed-wing individual lift device of claim 1 to 3, it is characterized in that, a pair of arm of holding up also is housed on the aircraft, hold up flight controller is installed on the arm.

7. but according to each described VTOL fixed-wing individual lift device of claim 1 to 3, it is characterized in that fuselage is scalable fuselage.

8. but according to each described VTOL fixed-wing individual lift device of claim 1 to 3, it is characterized in that; The propeller blade of wing, tailplane, vertical tail, sustainer, main engine, the blade of rear engine can fold.

9. but according to each described VTOL fixed-wing individual lift device of claim 1 to 3, it is characterized in that: battery can be a storage battery, also can be fuel cell or other batteries, can also be the hybrid battery that comprises multiple battery.

10. but according to each described VTOL fixed-wing individual lift device of claim 1 to 3, it is characterized in that main screw and tail undercarriage are positioned at guard or duct is inner.