JPH0351634B2 - - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION Technical Field The present invention relates to a lift force adding device that applies lift force during levitation and landing of an aircraft equipped with levitation propulsion means.

Prior Art When a flying vehicle is used simply as a means of transport to rapidly transport payloads or people over long distances, a propeller or jet propulsion is used as a means of horizontal propulsion to obtain horizontal speed, and wings generated by this horizontal speed are used as horizontal propulsion means. The lift force maintains balance with the aircraft's weight and enables horizontal flight. In this case, consideration is given to reducing the cross-sectional area of the aircraft in the horizontal flight direction and the air resistance in the flight direction as much as possible.
However, if the flying vehicle is used for other purposes than just a means of transportation, a shape appropriate for that purpose will be adopted. For example, the shape of early helicopters did not take into account the reduction of air resistance in the horizontal flight direction; rather, one of the design conditions was to reduce the weight of the aircraft in order to obtain buoyancy. Helicopters achieve this purpose by introducing rotary wings that enable vertical lift and mid-air suspension. For the purpose of actively utilizing the effective wavelength components of sunlight in the solar collector, the solar collector may be mounted on a flying vehicle in order to eliminate sunlight blocking by clouds, etc., and irradiate the target object stably and intermittently. It is required to control the solar collector to face the sun and to arrange the solar collector in a plane with respect to the aircraft. For this reason, a flat disk-like shape is suitable for the flying object, and it has an acute peripheral shape with low air resistance even when flying horizontally, and because it is a floating propulsion method, it is propelled in the circumferential direction where it is not affected by daylight. Attempts are made to arrange means. Therefore, in the above-mentioned flying vehicle, a single or multiple levitation propulsion means are installed to obtain the necessary lift, but considering the levitation means, rotary blades such as propellers, jet propulsion machines, etc. can give.

Purpose The present invention is to apply lift to the above-mentioned flying object when the flying object is lifted up and when it is landed, thereby making it easier for the flying object to rise and land. This was done for the purpose of

Configuration In order to achieve the above object, the present invention utilizes the energy of the powder flow gas flowing out from the propeller or jet propulsion device of the aircraft, and converts the flowing gas into a U-shaped structure buried on the ground or on the roof of a building. The gas is introduced through one opening of the conduit and ejected from the other opening, and the ejected gas is applied to the flying object to add lift.

Fig. 1 is a plan view for explaining the outline of the field force applying device according to the present invention, and Fig. 2 is a -
A line cross-sectional view of the underground part, in which 1 is the body of the sunlight collecting aircraft P to which the lift adding device according to the present invention applies lift, 2 is a propeller or jet propulsion machine,
Reference numeral 3 indicates an arm for attaching and holding the propeller or jet propulsion device to the aircraft body 1, and 4 indicates a sunlight collecting device. Various solar collecting devices have already been proposed by the applicant. This sunlight collecting device 4 is
It has a built-in optical system that uses visible light from which ultraviolet rays, infrared rays, etc. contained in sunlight have been removed, and is further equipped with a rotating tracking device that keeps the optical system facing the sunlight. Reference numeral 5 denotes a space where the effective light components transmitted from the solar light collecting device 4 are used depending on the purpose, and a cockpit where the flight of the aircraft is controlled.
Reference numeral 11 denotes the legs of the aircraft, which are drawn into the aircraft body 1 during flight. The solar light collection aircraft P takes in air using a propeller or jet propulsion device 2 and is installed on the ground or on a rooftop 10.
U-shaped conduits 62, 64, and 66 that open below the propeller or jet propulsion device 2 are arranged underground or on the roof depending on each propeller or jet propulsion device. . The ejected gas introduction ports of each of these U-shaped conduits are formed in the shape of a rattle, and the ejected gas introduced into the U-shaped conduits through these openings is transferred to the U-shaped conduits 62 and 6 underground 101.
The ejected gas is directed to the gas bottom 12 from the exhaust hole 68 that communicates with the solar panels 4 and 66 to the opening 67, and the ejected gas is directed toward the gas bottom 12, imparting exhaust gas energy to the solar light collecting aircraft P. Note that the exhaust gas energy is proportional to the square of the exhaust speed, so if the area of the opening 67 is made smaller than the other openings 61, 63, 65, etc., the exhaust speed can be increased. , the additional lift can be increased.
Incidentally, each opening of the U-shaped conduit is covered with a net 7 to provide safety measures for aircraft and other objects.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view for explaining an example of the sunlight collecting device 4 previously proposed by the applicant, in other words, the sunlight collecting device 4 shown in FIGS. 1 and 2.
In the figure, 31 is a cylindrical base portion, 32 is a transparent dome-shaped head, and these constitute a capsule 33 for a solar collector. Like solar collector 4
is accommodated. This sunlight collection device 4 includes a large number of lenses 41, for example, 19 lenses, for concentrating sunlight, a sunlight direction sensor 42 for detecting the direction of the sun, and a support frame 4 that integrally holds these elements.
3. The first for rotating these in the direction of arrow A
a motor 44, a support arm 45 that supports the lens 41 to the motor 44, a rotation shaft 46 disposed perpendicular to the rotation axis of the motor 44, and a rotation shaft 46 for rotating the rotation shaft 46 in the direction of arrow B. The sunlight direction sensor 42 detects the direction of the sun, and the detection signal is used to direct the lens 41 to always face the sun. and a second motor, the sunlight focused by the lens 41 is introduced into a light guide cable (not shown) whose light receiving end is disposed at the focal position of the lens, and an arbitrary light source is passed through the light guide cable. The information is transmitted to the desired location.

The sunlight collecting device 4 shown in FIGS. 1 and 2 focuses sunlight using a lens or the like and introduces it into the light guide as described above, and the focal position of the lens is adjusted as described above. By adjusting the position of the light-receiving end of the light guide cable disposed in the light guide cable, only visible light that does not include ultraviolet rays, infrared rays, etc. of sunlight can be introduced into the light guide cable. When the visible light component of the sunlight collected as described above is irradiated onto living tissues, etc., it promotes biological reactions, prevents aging of the skin, and even reduces gout, neuralgia, and bedsores. As already proposed by the present applicant, it can be used to recover from rheumatoid arthritis, burns, skin diseases, scars, fracture marks, etc., and to relieve pain.

However, when treating rheumatism using sunlight as described above, sunlight cannot be used on the ground during rainy or cloudy days, and on such days In particular, the pain caused by rheumatoid arthritis was unbearable for patients. The present invention was made based on the idea of relieving rheumatoid arthritis patients from such pain, and the solar collecting aircraft is designed to carry patients above the clouds on rainy or cloudy days. The device floats up to the surface and then irradiates the patient with sunlight.

Effects As described above, according to the present invention, it is possible to impart the energy of the exhaust gas ejected from the propeller or jet propulsion machine to the flying object, and it is possible to increase the efficiency of the propeller or jet propulsion machine during levitation. This makes it possible to mount a smaller propeller or jet propulsion device compared to the conventional case of emitting air into the atmosphere, making it possible to reduce the noise during ascent and landing, and also to reduce the energy used during ascent and landing. The economic effect is extremely high.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

Fig. 1 is a plan view for explaining the outline of the present invention, Fig. 2 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line of a U-shaped conduit which is a lift adding device in the present invention, and Fig. 3 is a plan view for explaining the outline of the present invention. FIG. 4 is a diagram for explaining an example of a solar light collection device 4 that is mounted. P...Aircraft, 4...Solar collector, 62,
64, 66...U-shaped conduit, 68...discharge hole.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. At a stop position of an aircraft having a plurality of levitation propulsion means arranged around its outer periphery, a U-shaped conduit having an opening is buried near the ground surface below the levitation propulsion means and the fuselage of the aircraft, and the levitation propulsion means A lift adding device characterized in that the gas discharged from the U-shaped conduit is injected into the fuselage section of the aircraft body.