GB1106305A - Variable camber airfoil - Google Patents

Variable camber airfoil

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GB1106305A
GB1106305A GB26792/66A GB2679266A GB1106305A GB 1106305 A GB1106305 A GB 1106305A GB 26792/66 A GB26792/66 A GB 26792/66A GB 2679266 A GB2679266 A GB 2679266A GB 1106305 A GB1106305 A GB 1106305A
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aerofoil
skin
camber
strut
plates
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B64—AIRCRAFT; AVIATION; COSMONAUTICS
    • B64C—AEROPLANES; HELICOPTERS
    • B64C3/00—Wings
    • B64C3/38—Adjustment of complete wings or parts thereof
    • B64C3/44—Varying camber
    • B64C3/48—Varying camber by relatively-movable parts of wing structures
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B63—SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; RELATED EQUIPMENT
    • B63H—MARINE PROPULSION OR STEERING
    • B63H9/00—Marine propulsion provided directly by wind power
    • B63H9/04—Marine propulsion provided directly by wind power using sails or like wind-catching surfaces
    • B63H9/06—Types of sail; Constructional features of sails; Arrangements thereof on vessels
    • B63H9/061—Rigid sails; Aerofoil sails
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y02—TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
    • Y02T—CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES RELATED TO TRANSPORTATION
    • Y02T50/00—Aeronautics or air transport
    • Y02T50/10—Drag reduction

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  • Combustion & Propulsion (AREA)
  • Ocean & Marine Engineering (AREA)
  • Aviation & Aerospace Engineering (AREA)
  • Structures Of Non-Positive Displacement Pumps (AREA)
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Abstract

1,106,305. Variable camber aerofoils for boats, aircraft &c. E. M. WRIGHT. 15 June, 1966 [24 June, 1965], No. 26792/86. Headings B7B, B7G and B7V. A variable camber aerofoil for use as the sail of a boat or wheeled vehicle, the wings of an aircraft and for keels, rudders or propellers comprises a flexible skin urged into the shape of the aerofoil by at least one aerofoil forming assembly associated with a supporting structure 47, 49 disposed within the skin, the assembly being formed of a number of differently shaped plates interconnected by pivots, springs and links, whereby movement of the assembly causes different peripheral portions of said plates to engage the interior wall surface of the skin to thereby vary the camber of the aerofoil. To ensure that the skin is kept taut as the camber is varied, a spanwise strut 71 is urged by springs 83 and compression members (not shown), against the trailing edge of the skin. The skin is strengthened by spanwise extending channelled ribs 57 secured thereto by screws, Fig. 11 (not shown), opposed ribs being biased toward each other by a plurality of springs, Fig. 12 (not shown). When it is desired to vary the camber the forward strut 47 of the supporting structure is rotated. Rotation of the strut 47 causes a nose plate 107 of the aerofoil forming assembly to be rotated which initiates and causes movement of the other plates of the aerofoil forming assembly such as neutral plates 171, 173 and a tail plate longitudinally and rotatably movable about the fixed strut 49. When the aerofoils are used as a sail to propel a boat, Fig. 1 (not shown), two aerofoils are mounted vertically one behind the other, each on a separate turntable, the two turntables in turn being mounted on a larger turntable rotatable on a catamaran-type hull. The hull is provided with a cockpit from which the rotation of the turntables and the variation in aerofoil camber are controlled.
GB26792/66A 1965-06-24 1966-06-15 Variable camber airfoil Expired GB1106305A (en)

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FR2559449A1 (en) * 1984-02-09 1985-08-16 Requier Guy Aeolian propulsion system composed of several orientable flaps mounted on a frame which is itself orientable, intended for any marine or land vehicle
EP0245263A4 (en) * 1985-01-14 1987-10-19 Johnston Gregory Owen Rigging for a wind propelled craft.
GB2208635A (en) * 1987-07-08 1989-04-12 Robert Irwin Hill Variable lift wing
GB2233947A (en) * 1989-06-02 1991-01-23 Trevor Lyn Whatford Reversible wing sail
GB2270040A (en) * 1992-08-28 1994-03-02 Robin Henry Douglas Adams Sailing vessels
GB2308836A (en) * 1996-01-04 1997-07-09 Simon Fagg Reversible and finitely variable cambered lifting section
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US1886362A (en) * 1930-08-27 1932-11-08 Antoni Ugo Construction of flexible aeroplane wings having alpha variable profile
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Cited By (10)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
GB2119730A (en) * 1980-09-08 1983-11-23 Combe Wright Wayland The reversing wind-sail
FR2559449A1 (en) * 1984-02-09 1985-08-16 Requier Guy Aeolian propulsion system composed of several orientable flaps mounted on a frame which is itself orientable, intended for any marine or land vehicle
EP0245263A4 (en) * 1985-01-14 1987-10-19 Johnston Gregory Owen Rigging for a wind propelled craft.
EP0245263A1 (en) * 1985-01-14 1987-11-19 JOHNSTON, Gregory Owen Rigging for a wind propelled craft
GB2208635A (en) * 1987-07-08 1989-04-12 Robert Irwin Hill Variable lift wing
GB2233947A (en) * 1989-06-02 1991-01-23 Trevor Lyn Whatford Reversible wing sail
GB2270040A (en) * 1992-08-28 1994-03-02 Robin Henry Douglas Adams Sailing vessels
GB2488962A (en) * 1993-03-13 2012-09-19 Rolls Royce Plc Variable section vane
GB2488962B (en) * 1993-03-13 2013-03-06 Rolls Royce Plc Variable section vane
GB2308836A (en) * 1996-01-04 1997-07-09 Simon Fagg Reversible and finitely variable cambered lifting section

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