GB1222521A - Gas-cushion vehicles - Google Patents

Gas-cushion vehicles

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Publication number
GB1222521A
GB1222521A GB0609/68A GB160968A GB1222521A GB 1222521 A GB1222521 A GB 1222521A GB 0609/68 A GB0609/68 A GB 0609/68A GB 160968 A GB160968 A GB 160968A GB 1222521 A GB1222521 A GB 1222521A
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United Kingdom
Prior art keywords
jet propulsion
gas
water
retractable member
resilient means
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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
Application number
GB0609/68A
Inventor
Rowland Delville Hunt
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VESPER Ltd
Original Assignee
VESPER Ltd
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Application filed by VESPER Ltd filed Critical VESPER Ltd
Priority to GB0609/68A priority Critical patent/GB1222521A/en
Priority to FR1600967D priority patent/FR1600967A/fr
Priority to US788231A priority patent/US3561389A/en
Priority to JP44001896A priority patent/JPS5211086B1/ja
Publication of GB1222521A publication Critical patent/GB1222521A/en
Expired legal-status Critical Current

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Classifications

    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
    • B60V—AIR-CUSHION VEHICLES
    • B60V1/00—Air-cushion

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Aviation & Aerospace Engineering (AREA)
  • Transportation (AREA)
  • Mechanical Engineering (AREA)
  • Fluid-Damping Devices (AREA)
  • Toys (AREA)

Abstract

1,222,521. Gas cushioned vehicles; water-jet propulsion. VOSPER Ltd. 7 Jan., 1969 [11 Jan., 1968], No. 1609/68. Headings B7K and B7V. A gas cushioned vehicle, having a hull 10 housing water jet propulsion means 14, comprises a retractable member 16, which has a keel-like member 18 and a planing surface 17 with two elliptical inlets 20 (Fig. 2) formed in the face of said surface and connected via a flexible duct 21 to the water jet propulsion means 14. Power units 12 supply the cushion pressure and a gas turbine engine 22 supplies auxiliary propulsion when needed. The retractable member 16, which is pivoted at 15 and urged downwardly by resilient means 19, is retracted during beaching operations, when the lower edge 18 of the keel 17 contacts the beach and compresses resilient means 19. Alternatively resilient means 19 can be replaced by a double acting hydraulic jack. Other embodiments have: two keels on either side of the planing surface (Fig. 1, not shown); the jet propulsion means ejecting water rearwardly aft of the rear skirt (Fig. 5, not shown); and the jet propulsion means being housed in the retractable member (Fig. 6, not shown).
GB0609/68A 1968-01-11 1968-01-11 Gas-cushion vehicles Expired GB1222521A (en)

Priority Applications (4)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
GB0609/68A GB1222521A (en) 1968-01-11 1968-01-11 Gas-cushion vehicles
FR1600967D FR1600967A (en) 1968-01-11 1968-12-23
US788231A US3561389A (en) 1968-01-11 1968-12-31 Gas-cushion vehicles
JP44001896A JPS5211086B1 (en) 1968-01-11 1969-01-08

Applications Claiming Priority (1)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
GB0609/68A GB1222521A (en) 1968-01-11 1968-01-11 Gas-cushion vehicles

Publications (1)

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GB1222521A true GB1222521A (en) 1971-02-17

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US (1) US3561389A (en)
JP (1) JPS5211086B1 (en)
FR (1) FR1600967A (en)
GB (1) GB1222521A (en)

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WO1987000492A1 (en) * 1985-07-22 1987-01-29 Howell Murrell D Pitch controlled ground effect vehicle
GB2241213A (en) * 1989-10-02 1991-08-28 John Graham Walker Directional control of air cushion vehicles

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Cited By (3)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
WO1987000492A1 (en) * 1985-07-22 1987-01-29 Howell Murrell D Pitch controlled ground effect vehicle
US4666012A (en) * 1985-07-22 1987-05-19 Howell Murrell D Pitch controlled ground effect vehicle
GB2241213A (en) * 1989-10-02 1991-08-28 John Graham Walker Directional control of air cushion vehicles

Also Published As

Publication number Publication date
FR1600967A (en) 1970-08-03
US3561389A (en) 1971-02-09
JPS5211086B1 (en) 1977-03-29

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