EP 1478570 A2 20041124 - VTOL VEHICLE AND METHOD OF OPERATION THEREFOR
Title (en)
VTOL VEHICLE AND METHOD OF OPERATION THEREFOR
Title (de)
VTOL FAHRZEUG SOWIE VERFAHREN ZUM BETRIEB
Title (fr)
VTOL VEHICULE ET PROCEDE POUR SON OPERATION
Publication
Application
Priority
- US 0303730 W 20030206
- US 35527002 P 20020208
Abstract (en)
[origin: WO03066429A2] A VTOL vehicle including a fuselage with two foldable wings, two tiltable nacelles attached to the wings, a vertical stabilizer, a horizontal stabilizer, and two auxiliary thrusters. Each nacelle contains a system of vanes located at the rear opening thereof, and actuators are provided for extending and retracting the vanes in conjunction with nacelle tilting mechanisms to deflect the airflow over a predetermined range of angles from the horizontal. Each nacelle also contains two rotary engines, each of which directly drives a fan. The fans face each other and operate in counter-rotating directions at the same rotational speed. An alternative embodiment includes two additional nacelles attached to the fuselage instead of having the auxiliary thrusters. A redundant computerized flight control system maintains stability of the vehicle as it transitions from one flight mode to another.
IPC 1-7
IPC 8 full level
B64C 3/56 (2006.01); B64C 11/00 (2006.01); B64C 11/48 (2006.01); B64C 13/50 (2006.01); B64C 29/00 (2006.01); B64C 37/00 (2006.01); B64D 27/06 (2006.01); B64D 31/06 (2006.01)
CPC (source: EP US)
B64C 3/56 (2013.01 - EP US); B64C 11/001 (2013.01 - EP); B64C 11/48 (2013.01 - EP); B64C 29/0033 (2013.01 - EP); B64C 37/00 (2013.01 - EP); B64D 27/06 (2013.01 - EP); B64D 31/06 (2013.01 - EP); Y02T 50/10 (2013.01 - EP)
Designated contracting state (EPC)
AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HU IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE SI SK TR
DOCDB simple family (publication)
WO 03066429 A2 20030814; WO 03066429 A3 20040205; AU 2003212957 A1 20030902; AU 2003212957 A8 20030902; EP 1478570 A2 20041124; EP 1478570 A4 20080409
DOCDB simple family (application)
US 0303730 W 20030206; AU 2003212957 A 20030206; EP 03709001 A 20030206