GB926613A - Improvements in and relating to composite vertical take-off aircraft - Google Patents

Improvements in and relating to composite vertical take-off aircraft

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GB926613A
GB926613A GB1186358A GB1186358A GB926613A GB 926613 A GB926613 A GB 926613A GB 1186358 A GB1186358 A GB 1186358A GB 1186358 A GB1186358 A GB 1186358A GB 926613 A GB926613 A GB 926613A
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aircraft
bar
take
engines
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Raymond Frederick Creasey
Bernard Oliver Heath
Joseph Thomas Froud
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English Electric Co Ltd
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English Electric Co Ltd
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B64—AIRCRAFT; AVIATION; COSMONAUTICS
    • B64D—EQUIPMENT FOR FITTING IN OR TO AIRCRAFT; FLIGHT SUITS; PARACHUTES; ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF POWER PLANTS OR PROPULSION TRANSMISSIONS IN AIRCRAFT
    • B64D5/00—Aircraft transported by aircraft, e.g. for release or reberthing during flight
    • 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
    • B64C29/0091—Accessories not provided for elsewhere

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  • Aviation & Aerospace Engineering (AREA)
  • Transportation (AREA)
  • Aiming, Guidance, Guns With A Light Source, Armor, Camouflage, And Targets (AREA)
  • Aerodynamic Tests, Hydrodynamic Tests, Wind Tunnels, And Water Tanks (AREA)

Abstract

926,613. Composite aircraft. ENGLISH ELECTRIC CO. Ltd. April 10, 1959 [April 14, 1958], No. 11863/58. Class 4. A composite aircraft comprises a flying platform having a delta-shaped body 10 of aerodynamic sectional profile provided with stabilizer-fins 11, faired telescopic supporting legs 13, a pair of cockpits 12 and a plurality of turbo-jet engines 17 or ducted fans which may be swung bodily about transverse axes or may be provided with means to deflect the exhaust to provide initial vertical take-off and subsequent forward propulsion. Compressed air nozzles 18 or ducted fans are provided for control and stabilization. An aircraft to be flown on to and off the platform comprises a delta wing 1, fuselage 2 and a triangle undercarriage 3 with a retractable hook bar 5 located between and slightly in front of the main under-carriage legs, said bar being positioned to engage a forwardly-open hook-on gear 15 on the platform. The aircraft is loaded on to the platform by means of a cable operated by a winch 16 on the platform, which draws the aircraft up ramps 14, the rear legs 13 being telescoped to lower the back end of the platform for this purpose. Alternatively the aircraft could be loaded in a similar manner from the front, in which ease the twin cockpits 12 could be replaced by a single centrally disposed one. During take-off the platform is flown to appropriate altitude and a speed in excess of the stalling speed of the aeroplane, which is then free to fly off under its own powerupon release of connection 5, 15. During landing and when the aeroplane has almost alighted on the platform, the latter is accelerated in flight relative to the aircraft to engage the hooking gear 15 with the bar 5. The composite aircraft then carries out a vertical landing under the power of engines 17. A co-ordinating system comprising sensing devices, autostabilisers and computing devices is illustrated by block diagrams in Fig. 5 (not shown), whereby the relative movements of the aircraft and the platform may co-ordinate during landing and take-off. It is stated that the arrangement of lift engines on the platform provides a gas curtain for a ground cushion. Reference has been directed by the Comptroller to Specification 882,073.
GB1186358A 1958-04-14 1958-04-14 Improvements in and relating to composite vertical take-off aircraft Expired GB926613A (en)

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Cited By (15)

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US3285544A (en) * 1964-02-26 1966-11-15 Industrial Nucleonics Corp Mid-air refueling system
US4462560A (en) * 1982-01-26 1984-07-31 The United States Of America As Represented By The Secretary Of The Air Force Airplane take-off system
US4678141A (en) * 1981-03-16 1987-07-07 Grumman Aerospace Corporation Aircraft launcher and retriever
US5000398A (en) * 1988-10-25 1991-03-19 Rashev Michael S Flying multi-purpose aircraft carrier and method of V/STOL assisted flight
EP0581513A1 (en) * 1992-07-25 1994-02-02 British Aerospace Public Limited Company Vertical take-off/landing of aircraft
DE19602890A1 (en) * 1996-01-27 1997-07-31 Daimler Benz Aerospace Ag Device for depositing and resuming a drone
US9010690B1 (en) 2014-07-24 2015-04-21 Abdulrahman S. J. M. Al-Heraibi Airborne recovery system for aircraft with disabled landing gear
CN105584640A (en) * 2016-03-10 2016-05-18 上海洲跃生物科技有限公司 Vertical takeoff device of carrier-based aircraft
CN106043689A (en) * 2016-07-22 2016-10-26 绵阳空天科技有限公司 Vertical take-off auxiliary system for top-mounted fixed-wing aircraft
CN106882385A (en) * 2017-03-10 2017-06-23 佛山市神风航空科技有限公司 Take off mode and its device of a kind of aircraft
CN106915450A (en) * 2017-03-10 2017-07-04 佛山市神风航空科技有限公司 The landing modes and its device of a kind of aircraft
CN106945807A (en) * 2017-03-21 2017-07-14 常州信息职业技术学院 A kind of unmanned air cushion platform without flight-deck aircraft carrier
CN107618665A (en) * 2017-09-18 2018-01-23 佛山市神风航空科技有限公司 A kind of method and device for increasing multi-rotor aerocraft flying distance
CN107651196A (en) * 2017-09-18 2018-02-02 佛山市神风航空科技有限公司 A kind of double folding multi-rotor aerocraft
CN111452975A (en) * 2020-04-13 2020-07-28 宋有洲 Multifunctional aircraft

Cited By (18)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US3285544A (en) * 1964-02-26 1966-11-15 Industrial Nucleonics Corp Mid-air refueling system
US4678141A (en) * 1981-03-16 1987-07-07 Grumman Aerospace Corporation Aircraft launcher and retriever
US4462560A (en) * 1982-01-26 1984-07-31 The United States Of America As Represented By The Secretary Of The Air Force Airplane take-off system
US5000398A (en) * 1988-10-25 1991-03-19 Rashev Michael S Flying multi-purpose aircraft carrier and method of V/STOL assisted flight
EP0581513A1 (en) * 1992-07-25 1994-02-02 British Aerospace Public Limited Company Vertical take-off/landing of aircraft
US5465923A (en) * 1992-07-25 1995-11-14 British Aerospace Plc Vertical take-off/landing of aircraft
DE19602890A1 (en) * 1996-01-27 1997-07-31 Daimler Benz Aerospace Ag Device for depositing and resuming a drone
DE19602890C2 (en) * 1996-01-27 1998-10-22 Daimler Benz Aerospace Ag Device for depositing and resuming a drone
US9010690B1 (en) 2014-07-24 2015-04-21 Abdulrahman S. J. M. Al-Heraibi Airborne recovery system for aircraft with disabled landing gear
CN105584640A (en) * 2016-03-10 2016-05-18 上海洲跃生物科技有限公司 Vertical takeoff device of carrier-based aircraft
CN106043689A (en) * 2016-07-22 2016-10-26 绵阳空天科技有限公司 Vertical take-off auxiliary system for top-mounted fixed-wing aircraft
CN106043689B (en) * 2016-07-22 2019-08-27 绵阳空天科技有限公司 Backpack Fixed Wing AirVehicle takes off vertically auxiliary system
CN106882385A (en) * 2017-03-10 2017-06-23 佛山市神风航空科技有限公司 Take off mode and its device of a kind of aircraft
CN106915450A (en) * 2017-03-10 2017-07-04 佛山市神风航空科技有限公司 The landing modes and its device of a kind of aircraft
CN106945807A (en) * 2017-03-21 2017-07-14 常州信息职业技术学院 A kind of unmanned air cushion platform without flight-deck aircraft carrier
CN107618665A (en) * 2017-09-18 2018-01-23 佛山市神风航空科技有限公司 A kind of method and device for increasing multi-rotor aerocraft flying distance
CN107651196A (en) * 2017-09-18 2018-02-02 佛山市神风航空科技有限公司 A kind of double folding multi-rotor aerocraft
CN111452975A (en) * 2020-04-13 2020-07-28 宋有洲 Multifunctional aircraft

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