GB929853A - Skim craft - Google Patents

Skim craft

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GB929853A
GB929853A GB23115/61A GB2311561A GB929853A GB 929853 A GB929853 A GB 929853A GB 23115/61 A GB23115/61 A GB 23115/61A GB 2311561 A GB2311561 A GB 2311561A GB 929853 A GB929853 A GB 929853A
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members
vehicle
air
cushion
supporting
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
    • B60V—AIR-CUSHION VEHICLES
    • B60V1/00—Air-cushion
    • B60V1/22—Air-cushion provided with hydrofoils
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
    • B60V—AIR-CUSHION VEHICLES
    • B60V1/00—Air-cushion
    • B60V1/04—Air-cushion wherein the cushion is contained at least in part by walls
    • B60V1/046—Air-cushion wherein the cushion is contained at least in part by walls the walls or a part of them being rigid
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
    • B60V—AIR-CUSHION VEHICLES
    • B60V3/00—Land vehicles, waterborne vessels, or aircraft, adapted or modified to travel on air cushions
    • B60V3/02—Land vehicles, e.g. road vehicles
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B63—SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; RELATED EQUIPMENT
    • B63B—SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; EQUIPMENT FOR SHIPPING 
    • B63B1/00—Hydrodynamic or hydrostatic features of hulls or of hydrofoils
    • B63B1/32—Other means for varying the inherent hydrodynamic characteristics of hulls
    • B63B1/34—Other means for varying the inherent hydrodynamic characteristics of hulls by reducing surface friction
    • B63B1/38—Other means for varying the inherent hydrodynamic characteristics of hulls by reducing surface friction using air bubbles or air layers gas filled volumes
    • 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
    • Y02T70/00—Maritime or waterways transport
    • Y02T70/10—Measures concerning design or construction of watercraft hulls

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Mechanical Engineering (AREA)
  • Aviation & Aerospace Engineering (AREA)
  • Transportation (AREA)
  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Fluid Mechanics (AREA)
  • Chemical & Material Sciences (AREA)
  • Combustion & Propulsion (AREA)
  • Ocean & Marine Engineering (AREA)
  • Bridges Or Land Bridges (AREA)

Abstract

929,853. Air cushion vehicles. A. P. PEDRICK. June 26, 1961, No. 23115/61. Class 4. An air cushion vehicle in which a supporting cushion is generated and maintained by forward movement of the vehicle is constructed so that its base area may be increased by the outward projection from the main body or hull of a plurality of members, the outer ends of which are connected to a member constituting a side wall or plate extending down from the ends of the projectable members towards the surface over which the vehicle is moving so as to form a means of limiting the outflow of air from the supporting cushion in a direction generally transverse to the line of movement of the craft. The vehicle comprises a base structure J supporting cargo-carrying decks A and B which support at each side a power plant G capable of orientation about a transverse axis to provide a degree of upthrust. A drop-keel D is provided and housings are formed in structure J for a plurality of members K shown extended in Fig. 2 and connected at their outer extremities by sidewalls L forming housings for longitudinal extendable plate members M. These may be arranged to come in close proximity with the surface over which the vehicle is operating or they may carry ski members N on their lower extremities. As shown in Fig. 1 the members K are of aerofoil section to provide lift when immersed in water and in the air. Specifications 575,516 and 743,893 are referred to.
GB23115/61A 1961-06-26 1961-06-26 Skim craft Expired GB929853A (en)

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Cited By (1)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
FR2614261A1 (en) * 1987-04-21 1988-10-28 Robert Francis Support surface for a means of transport on the water or a snowy surface and means of transport including such a support surface

Cited By (1)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
FR2614261A1 (en) * 1987-04-21 1988-10-28 Robert Francis Support surface for a means of transport on the water or a snowy surface and means of transport including such a support surface

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