GB846300A - Improvements in or relating to aircraft - Google Patents

Improvements in or relating to aircraft

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Publication number
GB846300A
GB846300A GB1166056A GB1166056A GB846300A GB 846300 A GB846300 A GB 846300A GB 1166056 A GB1166056 A GB 1166056A GB 1166056 A GB1166056 A GB 1166056A GB 846300 A GB846300 A GB 846300A
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Prior art keywords
aircraft
fan
ducts
fans
lift
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GB1166056A
Inventor
Frederick Francis Crocombe
Horace Sinclair Rainbow
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Armstrong Siddeley Motors Ltd
Boulton Paul Aircraft Ltd
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Armstrong Siddeley Motors Ltd
Boulton Paul Aircraft Ltd
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Application filed by Armstrong Siddeley Motors Ltd, Boulton Paul Aircraft Ltd filed Critical Armstrong Siddeley Motors Ltd
Priority to GB1166056A priority Critical patent/GB846300A/en
Publication of GB846300A publication Critical patent/GB846300A/en
Expired legal-status Critical Current

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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
    • B64C29/0025—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 fixed relative to the fuselage

Abstract

846,300. Aircraft. BOULTON PAUL AIRCRAFT Ltd., and ARMSTRONG SIDDELEY MOTORS Ltd. July 2, 1957 [April 17, 1956], No. 11660/56. Class 4. An aircraft includes one or more ducts with their axes substantially perpendicular to the level flight plane of the aircraft, each containing a coaxial flow fan, shaft driven from a turbine supplied at will with motive fluid from the jet pipe of a jet propulsion plant of the aircraft, the duct or ducts being arranged so that the total lifting effort of the ducts is applied near the centre of gravity of the aircraft. Fig. 1, shows one arrangement in which the exhaust gases of each of two pairs of gas turbines 3 can be diverted from nozzles 11 to supply a plenum chamber 8 feeding a turbine 4. A large ducted fan 1 and two smaller fans 2 are driven by the turbines through shafting and bevel gears. Normally the resultant lift from the fans and the exhaust of the turbines 4 passes near the centre of gravity of the aircraft. Intake guide vanes in the fan ducts are adjustable in angle of attack to vary the lift of each fan, the lift of one fan 2 being varied relatively to that of the other for control in roll, and the lift of both fans 2 being varied relatively to that of fan 1 for control in pitch. Other arrangements are illustrated in which three, four, or five fans are driven by a turbine supplied with motive fluid from one or two jet propulsion engines.
GB1166056A 1956-04-17 1956-04-17 Improvements in or relating to aircraft Expired GB846300A (en)

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Cited By (8)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US3038683A (en) * 1961-04-20 1962-06-12 Gen Electric Vtol aircraft
US3100611A (en) * 1961-03-17 1963-08-13 Messerschmitt Ag Aircraft propulsion system
US3122343A (en) * 1961-12-02 1964-02-25 M A N Turbomotoren G M B H Vertical take-off and landing aircraft
US3223355A (en) * 1963-04-01 1965-12-14 Adolphe C Peterson Alternative sustentation system for aircraft
GB2261203A (en) * 1991-11-08 1993-05-12 Keith Ralbert Sherriff VTOL Aircraft
GB2264679A (en) * 1992-03-03 1993-09-08 Secr Defence Vtol aircraft.
US5505407A (en) * 1993-09-09 1996-04-09 Fran Rich Chi Associates Air-land vehicle
GB2463681A (en) * 2008-09-20 2010-03-24 Keith Bernard Wakelam Very short takeoff and landing aircraft

Cited By (9)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US3100611A (en) * 1961-03-17 1963-08-13 Messerschmitt Ag Aircraft propulsion system
US3038683A (en) * 1961-04-20 1962-06-12 Gen Electric Vtol aircraft
US3122343A (en) * 1961-12-02 1964-02-25 M A N Turbomotoren G M B H Vertical take-off and landing aircraft
US3223355A (en) * 1963-04-01 1965-12-14 Adolphe C Peterson Alternative sustentation system for aircraft
GB2261203A (en) * 1991-11-08 1993-05-12 Keith Ralbert Sherriff VTOL Aircraft
GB2261203B (en) * 1991-11-08 1996-02-28 Keith Ralbert Sherriff A V.T.O.L hover bike aircraft
GB2264679A (en) * 1992-03-03 1993-09-08 Secr Defence Vtol aircraft.
US5505407A (en) * 1993-09-09 1996-04-09 Fran Rich Chi Associates Air-land vehicle
GB2463681A (en) * 2008-09-20 2010-03-24 Keith Bernard Wakelam Very short takeoff and landing aircraft

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