US1527673A - Landing gear for flying boats - Google Patents
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- V memos remit, or msnmonsnmn ofi-mnonmm o'nltium .v
- a spike 7 is mounted belowthe 10 prising znboats hull having-a stepped botbottom and in the-,middle lineq-o'f the ground, snow and ice, as required.
- a flying'boat comprising a boats hull;
- a stepped bot-" 7 By these means the provision ofaseparate tom on said hull and a spike nears step 0 starting and landin carria e is avoided,- of said bottom.
- Aflying boat comprising a bo'atshull,
- the fins or stump wings extending laterally of and v are strong enough to take up all shocks ne'ar'the bottom-of said. huIL-a, stepped hot. arising on landing and, at the same time, tomon said hull, a spike near a ste of said serve for insuring a good lateral stability bottom'and a wheelmounted in an projectof the craft when restin on the surface ing through a cavity provided in; each of the water.
- the wheels are preferably fin.
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Feb. 2.4. 1925 c. DORNIER umn'mc GEAR FOR FLYING nous Patented eb. 24, 1925. I
uNir-snf STATES PATENT orrlcs.
V memos remit, or msnmonsnmn ofi-mnonmm o'nltium .v
I LANDING- emn'ronr rxnro'non'rs.
Application flied ma 10.1904. semi mi. 719,309. I
' it known that-I, Cmvnltrs Donmnn, a string 'to the drawings, 1 is the boats 40 .0 all whom 2'3 myiitvncerh: a front elevation. e
citizen of Germany, residing atxFriedr-ichshull, is a wing extending across said hull hafen-on-the-Bodenseefi Germany have inand 3,3'are fins orstump wings extending '6 Vented certain newand useful Improvementsv laterally of the hulls bottom and being pro- Landing Gears for Flying Boats, of- 'vided with'cavities, wherein starting wheels which the following is a specification. 4 are mounted. The hulls bottom is pro- 15 My invention refers to flying machines vided with two steps 5 and. 6. Near the and more, especially to a flying boat'c'o'mlatter'step a spike 7 is mounted belowthe 10 prising znboats hull having-a stepped botbottom and in the-,middle lineq-o'f the ground, snow and ice, as required.
tom. It is; an object of. my inventiontochull; H I -provide a flyingboat of this kind with start-l a I wish it'gto be understood that I do not 0 ing and landing means whereby it is enabled desire tobe limited to the exact details of -to start from and land onwater or solid construction .shown and described, for ob vious modifications will occur to a person To this end the boats' hull is royided skilled in the art. with strong laterally extending fihs' near I claim the bottom, starting and landing means-such 1. A flying'boat comprising a boats hull;
as wheels being-mounted in cavities rovided, a wing mounted on said hull,- stron fins 7 in these fins and aIspike-lor the li e1 being 'or stump wings extending laterally '0 and,
provided at or near a bottom step. 7 near the bottom of said hull, a stepped bot-" 7 By these means the provision ofaseparate tom on said hull and a spike nears step 0 starting and landin carria e is avoided,- of said bottom. 3
whereby starting and lan 'ng on solid 2. Aflying boat comprising a bo'atshull,
ground is rendered easily possible,.with'out afwing mounted on said hull, strong fins increasing theweight of the craft. The fins or stump wings extending laterally of and v are strong enough to take up all shocks ne'ar'the bottom-of said. huIL-a, stepped hot. arising on landing and, at the same time, tomon said hull, a spike near a ste of said serve for insuring a good lateral stability bottom'and a wheelmounted in an projectof the craft when restin on the surface ing through a cavity provided in; each of the water. The wheels are preferably fin.
mounted in the fins. in an'easily disengage- Inte'stimo'ny whereof I aflix my signature.
able manner. v In the drawings afiixed to this specifica- OLAUDI'US DORNIER.
5 tion andforming part thereof a flying boat I embodying my invention is illustrated by Witnesses:
way 0 example, p 1 .Cmms Nnommn',
' Fig. 1 being a' side elevation-and LmorScHUrmssmj
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Cited By (2)
Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
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US2604079A (en) * | 1945-05-07 | 1952-07-22 | William A Ray | Heat engine having an electrically actuated valve mechanism |
US6113028A (en) * | 1996-02-22 | 2000-09-05 | Lohse; James R. | Amphibious aircraft |
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Cited By (3)
Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
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US2604079A (en) * | 1945-05-07 | 1952-07-22 | William A Ray | Heat engine having an electrically actuated valve mechanism |
US6113028A (en) * | 1996-02-22 | 2000-09-05 | Lohse; James R. | Amphibious aircraft |
US6367737B1 (en) * | 1996-02-22 | 2002-04-09 | James R. Lohse | Amphibious aircraft |
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