GB1003057A - Improvements in and relating to vertical take-off aircraft - Google Patents
Improvements in and relating to vertical take-off aircraftInfo
- Publication number
- GB1003057A GB1003057A GB680163A GB680163A GB1003057A GB 1003057 A GB1003057 A GB 1003057A GB 680163 A GB680163 A GB 680163A GB 680163 A GB680163 A GB 680163A GB 1003057 A GB1003057 A GB 1003057A
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- GB
- United Kingdom
- Prior art keywords
- blades
- aircraft
- engine
- control
- nose
- Prior art date
- Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.)
- Expired
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Classifications
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B64—AIRCRAFT; AVIATION; COSMONAUTICS
- B64C—AEROPLANES; HELICOPTERS
- B64C29/00—Aircraft capable of landing or taking-off vertically, e.g. vertical take-off and landing [VTOL] aircraft
- B64C29/0008—Aircraft capable of landing or taking-off vertically, e.g. vertical take-off and landing [VTOL] aircraft having its flight directional axis horizontal when grounded
- B64C29/0016—Aircraft capable of landing or taking-off vertically, e.g. vertical take-off and landing [VTOL] aircraft having its flight directional axis horizontal when grounded the lift during taking-off being created by free or ducted propellers or by blowers
- B64C29/0033—Aircraft capable of landing or taking-off vertically, e.g. vertical take-off and landing [VTOL] aircraft having its flight directional axis horizontal when grounded the lift during taking-off being created by free or ducted propellers or by blowers the propellers being tiltable relative to the fuselage
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B64—AIRCRAFT; AVIATION; COSMONAUTICS
- B64C—AEROPLANES; HELICOPTERS
- B64C27/00—Rotorcraft; Rotors peculiar thereto
- B64C27/22—Compound rotorcraft, i.e. aircraft using in flight the features of both aeroplane and rotorcraft
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B64—AIRCRAFT; AVIATION; COSMONAUTICS
- B64C—AEROPLANES; HELICOPTERS
- B64C29/00—Aircraft capable of landing or taking-off vertically, e.g. vertical take-off and landing [VTOL] aircraft
- B64C29/02—Aircraft capable of landing or taking-off vertically, e.g. vertical take-off and landing [VTOL] aircraft having its flight directional axis vertical when grounded
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- Aviation & Aerospace Engineering (AREA)
- Mechanical Engineering (AREA)
- Toys (AREA)
Abstract
1,003,057. Convertiplanes. E. B. WILFORD. Feb. 20, 1963, No. 6801/63. Headings B7G and B7W. An aircraft (Fig. 1) has a body containing a turbo-jet engine, fixed wings 16, and rotor blades 14 mounted for rotation about the longitudinal axis of the body and movable between a flight-sustaining position and a body-trailing position. The aircraft as described has a screen in the engine intake, since this is close to the ground in the nose sitting attitude of Fig. 1. The engine jet pipe 36 discharges through a nozzle 33 when the blades are in their trailing position, but is deflected through the hollow blades to tip jet nozzles 51 (Fig. 1) by deflectors 48 fixed to the blade roots when the blades 14 are in the flight sustaining position shown in Fig. 4. Air is drawn in through openings 52 to cool the exhaust gases, and to further protect the rotor blades the ducts formed in them may be lined with ceramic material. Cyclic and collective pitch control is effected by control rods 64, 64a to a swashplate and by links 66, 66a to the leading edges of the blades. When the blades are in the trailing position they may be operated as control surfaces in addition to elevons on the wings 16. The coning angle of the blades may be varied in this position (by variable stops) to vary their control effectiveness. The undercarriage 30, 32 is retractable into the nose and tip tanks.
Priority Applications (1)
Application Number | Priority Date | Filing Date | Title |
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GB680163A GB1003057A (en) | 1963-02-20 | 1963-02-20 | Improvements in and relating to vertical take-off aircraft |
Applications Claiming Priority (1)
Application Number | Priority Date | Filing Date | Title |
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GB680163A GB1003057A (en) | 1963-02-20 | 1963-02-20 | Improvements in and relating to vertical take-off aircraft |
Publications (1)
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GB1003057A true GB1003057A (en) | 1965-09-02 |
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Family Applications (1)
Application Number | Title | Priority Date | Filing Date |
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GB680163A Expired GB1003057A (en) | 1963-02-20 | 1963-02-20 | Improvements in and relating to vertical take-off aircraft |
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GB (1) | GB1003057A (en) |
Cited By (4)
Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
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US4059247A (en) * | 1976-09-15 | 1977-11-22 | Prewitt Richard H | Convertiblade |
WO2014177589A1 (en) * | 2013-04-30 | 2014-11-06 | Johannes Reiter | Aircraft for vertical take-off and landing with hinged and bendable wings |
DE102019205851A1 (en) * | 2019-04-24 | 2020-10-29 | Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft | Method for carrying out a starting process of an aviation automobile, as well as a system for operating a corresponding aviation automobile |
US10967968B2 (en) | 2018-11-13 | 2021-04-06 | Textron Innovations Inc. | System and method to provide descent rate limiting for an aircraft |
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1963
- 1963-02-20 GB GB680163A patent/GB1003057A/en not_active Expired
Cited By (6)
Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
---|---|---|---|---|
US4059247A (en) * | 1976-09-15 | 1977-11-22 | Prewitt Richard H | Convertiblade |
WO2014177589A1 (en) * | 2013-04-30 | 2014-11-06 | Johannes Reiter | Aircraft for vertical take-off and landing with hinged and bendable wings |
US10967968B2 (en) | 2018-11-13 | 2021-04-06 | Textron Innovations Inc. | System and method to provide descent rate limiting for an aircraft |
EP3653497B1 (en) * | 2018-11-13 | 2022-03-02 | Textron Innovations Inc. | System and method to provide descent rate limiting for an aircraft |
DE102019205851A1 (en) * | 2019-04-24 | 2020-10-29 | Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft | Method for carrying out a starting process of an aviation automobile, as well as a system for operating a corresponding aviation automobile |
DE102019205851B4 (en) * | 2019-04-24 | 2021-01-14 | Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft | Method for carrying out a starting process of an aviation automobile, as well as a system for operating a corresponding aviation automobile |
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