RU2397099C2 - V soloviev's foilcraft - Google Patents

Abstract

FIELD: transport.

SUBSTANCE: invention relates to ship building, namely to foilcraft. Proposed foilcraft has displacement-type vehicle hull with bow, stern and side walls and bottom, foils secured thereto and deck, as well as control hardware, crew, passengers and cargo compartments. Aircraft that reached ceiling with no turbojet or jet engines nor wings with fuel tanks is fitted atop said displacement-type vehicle hull. Note here that said displacement-type vehicle hull has lengthwise slides on bottom and inclined sidewall that smoothly fairs with the bottom, tight vertical through shafts between deck and bottom for landing gear and airframe to move therein and locked in operating conditions. Desk is made with recesses and fasteners for said aircraft and its engines to be placed and secured therein. Aircraft engines dismantled therefrom are mounted on hull deck above water line at acute angle to horizon and connected with air intakes protected by screens and with smoothly bent gas ducts passed through openings in the deck and stern wall and communicated with transformable controlled nozzles. Dismantled aircraft wings with fuel tanks are arranged inside said displacement-type vehicle hull. Foils are pivoted at bow and stern walls and allow their locking in initial and operating positions. Additional landing gear is pivoted to stern wall to be locked therein in initial and operating positions. Additional guards are arranged on hull deck, while additional passenger, cargo and fuel tank compartments.

EFFECT: expanded application of aircraft that reached ceiling in ship design and provision of amphibious properties for foilcraft.

2 cl, 3 dwg

Description

The invention relates to shipbuilding and for the creation of sea and river hydrofoils.

Known hydrofoil vessel, including a displacement part, hydrofoils, propulsion systems, traffic controls, passenger and cargo rooms and decks. (See patents of class B63 1 / 06-1 / 40).

A disadvantage of the known vessel is the relatively narrow scope associated with the impossibility of using aircraft that have exhausted their flight resources in its design, as well as the inability to move on a flat road, on snow and ice of a frozen river, reservoir, etc.

The closest in technical essence to the proposed invention is a hydrofoil vessel, including a displacement hull with a bow, stern and side walls and a bottom, with hydrofoils mounted on it, and with a deck, which also includes controls, rooms for the crew, passengers and cargo (see patent GB 1052359 A, IPC B63B 35/50, published. 12.21.1966).

The disadvantage of this known vessel is also the relatively narrow scope associated with the inability to use aircraft with exhausted flight resources with active turbojet or jet engines in its design, as well as the inability to move the vessel on a flat horizontal or inclined platform or road, on snow or ice frozen river, pond, etc.

The aim of the present invention is to expand the scope by using aircraft with exhausted flight resources with active turbojet or jet engines in the design of the vessel and thus extend the life of the aircraft fleet in a new quality, expanding the scope of the ship by ensuring its movement both by water and and on a horizontal or inclined flat platform or road, on snow and ice of a frozen river, reservoir, etc.

The purpose of the invention is achieved in that the hydrofoil vessel, including a displacement hull with bow, stern and side walls and a bottom, with hydrofoils mounted on it, and with a deck, which also includes controls, rooms for the crew, passengers and cargo, is designed so that on top of the displacement hull is attached an aircraft that has exhausted its flying resource, without its existing turbojet or jet engines and without a part of the wings with fuel tanks; wherein the displacement hull is made with longitudinal runners on the bottom and on an inclined bow wall, smoothly interfaced with the bottom, and also has sealed, overlapping from below, through vertical wells between the deck and the bottom, which serve to move them and fix them in the working position of the aircraft chassis, as well as the supporting frame; the deck is made with a recess and mounting nodes for placing and fixing the above aircraft and its engines; operating engines dismantled from the aircraft are mounted on the deck of the vessel above the waterline at an acute angle to the horizontal and are connected to air intakes protected by gratings and to inclined smoothly curved gas ducts passing through openings in the deck and openings in the aft wall of the displacement hull and connected to movable transformable controlled nozzles; dismantled parts of the wings of the aircraft with fuel tanks are placed inside the displacement hull; hydrofoils are mounted on the bow and stern walls using hinges with the possibility of fixation in the initial and working positions; on the aft wall additional chassis are mounted on hinges with the possibility of fixing in the initial and working positions.

In order to further expand the scope, increase the comfort of passengers on the deck of such a vessel, additional enclosing structures can be erected, and additional rooms for passengers, cargo and fuel tanks are equipped under the deck.

The invention is illustrated by drawings, where in Fig.1 schematically shows a view of the vessel, a) from above, b) from below, c) is a side view of the vessel A in the position of movement on hydrofoils; figure 2, a) - view of the vessel In the position of movement of the vessel on the chassis on a flat hard surface, b) - view of the vessel C in front in the position of movement of its hydrofoil, c) - view of the vessel D from the rear in the position of movement of its hydrofoil in the version with an additional guard, d) - side view of the vessel E in the position of its movement on wheels on a flat platform or road; figure 3, a) is a view of the vessel F in the position of movement on snow or ice of a frozen river, reservoir, etc., b) is a section G-G in figure 1 of the vessel in the position of movement on hydrofoils.

The vessel includes a displacement hull 1 with an inclined bow 2, aft 3 and side walls 4 and 5 and a bottom 6, with hydrofoils 7 and 8 mounted on it, and with deck 9. The vessel also includes engines and propulsors, organs controls, rooms for the crew, passengers and cargo, made in such a way that the engines and propulsion devices, controls, rooms for the crew, passengers and cargo are made in the form of an airplane 10 with active turbojet or jet engines attached to the top of the displacement body 1.

Wherein:

- the displacement body 1 is made with longitudinal runners 11 on the bottom 6 and on an inclined bow wall 2, smoothly interfaced with the bottom 6, and also has sealed, overlapping from below, through vertical wells 12, 13, 14 between deck 9 and bottom 6, serving for moving and fixing in the working position in them the chassis 15, 16, 17 of the aircraft 10, as well as the supporting frame 18;

- the deck is made with a recess 19 and mounting nodes 20 for placement and fastening of the aircraft 10 and its engines 21;

- the engines 21 are removed from the aircraft 10 and mounted on the deck 9 of the vessel above the waterline at an acute angle to the horizontal and connected to the air intakes 22, protected by grilles 23, and with inclined smoothly curved gas ducts 24 passing through the holes 25 in the deck and the holes 26 in the aft wall 3 of the displacement housing 1 and connected to the movable transformable controlled nozzles 27;

- part 28 of the wings of the aircraft 10 with fuel tanks is placed inside the displacement body 1;

- hydrofoils 7 and 8 are mounted on the bow inclined wall 2 and the stern wall 3 using hinges 29 with the possibility of fixing the wings in the initial and working positions;

- on the aft wall are mounted on hinges 30 transformable steering blades 31 and additional chassis 32 with the possibility of fixing in the initial and working positions.

In order to further expand the scope of application, the vessel uses turbojet or jet engines 33 not from an airplane 10 attached to a displacement hull 1.

In order to further expand the scope and increase the comfort of passengers, additional enclosing structures 34 have been erected on the deck of the ship, under which additional rooms for passengers are located on deck 9, and additional rooms for passengers, cargo and fuel tanks are equipped under deck 9.

The hydrofoil vessel is operated as follows.

Owing to the operation of the engines 21 of the aircraft 10, the vessel independently moves from the installation site to the released landing gears 15, 16, 17 and the additional landing gears 32 put into working position on a flat platform and further along an inclined platform to a water pool, where it is afloat. Then the chassis 15, 16, 17 are transferred to their original position, and the wells 12, 13, 14 are closed. The hydrofoils 7 and 8 and the steering blades 31 are translated by rotation on the hinges and fixation in the working position, after which the engines 21 of the aircraft 10 are put into operation, and the ship reaches a speed at which the lifting force of the hydrofoils 7 and 8 acts, so that the displacement hull 1 emerges from the water and increases the speed of the vessel. Due to the presence of an inclined bow wall 2 at a certain speed of the vessel, a screen effect occurs and it can move above the water surface without the help of hydrofoils 7 and 8. Turns of the vessel can be carried out using steering blades 31, reducing the thrust of the corresponding engine and changing the geometry of the controlled nozzles. Braking and stopping the vessel on the water can be carried out by transferring the hydrofoils 7 and 8 to their original position and reducing the thrust of the engines 21 or 33.

To move the ship from the water to an inclined flat platform on the shore or dam, landing gears 15, 16, 17 of aircraft 10 are released and additional landing gears 32 are put into working position. Moving the ship ashore can be carried out during the period of ice drift on the river, for disembarking passengers and unloading cargo and for other purposes. The mooring of the vessel to the pier and its fixation on mooring lines can be carried out after the vessel approaches the pier with the bow.

The vessel is moved on snow or ice of the river by preliminary fixing the landing gear 15, 16, 17 of aircraft 10, additional landing gear 32, hydrofoils 7 and 8 and steering blades 31 in the initial position and turning on the engines 21 of the aircraft 10 and further movement of the vessel on the bottom 6 and on runners 11. Upon reaching a certain speed of the vessel due to the presence of the bow inclined wall 2, a screen effect occurs and the vessel can move with increased speed over a snowy or icy surface. Braking and stopping the ship can be done by reducing the thrust of the engines 21 or 33, turns of the ship can be done by reducing the thrust of the corresponding engine and turning the transformable nozzles 27.

Thus, the tasks of the invention are solved, the scope of hydrofoil vessels is expanded, the fleet of aircraft that have worked out their flying resources, but have existing turbojet or jet engines is extended, almost year-round navigation of the ships of the proposed design is ensured as on ice-free rivers and ponds, and on freezing rivers, ponds, etc., which is especially important for the development of the economy in the Far North of Russia and countries having territories with close E climatic conditions.

Claims (2)

1. A hydrofoil vessel, including a displacement hull with a bow, stern and side walls and a bottom, with hydrofoils mounted on it, and with a deck, which also includes controls, rooms for the crew, passengers and cargo, characterized in that from above an airplane that has exhausted its flying resource is attached to the displacement hull without its existing turbojet or jet engines and without a part of the wings with fuel tanks; at the same time: the displacement hull is made with longitudinal runners on the bottom and on an inclined bow wall, smoothly interfaced with the bottom, and also has hermetic, overlapping from below, through vertical wells between the deck and the bottom, used to move them and fix them in the working position of the aircraft landing gear , as well as the supporting frame; the deck is made with a recess and mounting nodes for placing and fixing the above aircraft and its engines; operating engines dismantled from the aircraft are mounted on the deck of the vessel above the waterline at an acute angle to the horizontal and are connected to air intakes protected by gratings and with inclined smoothly curved gas ducts passing through openings in the deck and openings in the aft wall of the displacement hull and connected to movable transformable controlled nozzles; dismantled parts of the wings of the aircraft with fuel tanks are placed inside the displacement hull; hydrofoils are mounted on the bow and stern walls using hinges with the possibility of fixation in the initial and working positions; additional chassis mounted on hinges on hinges with the possibility of fixation in the initial and working positions. 2. The vessel according to claim 1, characterized in that additional enclosing structures are installed on its deck, and additional rooms for passengers, cargo and fuel tanks are equipped under the deck.

Images