Invention Application
- Patent Title: STEERING VEHICLES THROUGH CONTROL OF AEROFOILS
- Patent Title (中): 通过控制AEROFOILS转向车辆
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Application No.: PCT/GB2010051206Application Date: 2010-07-21
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Publication No.: WO2011010155A3Publication Date: 2011-06-23
- Inventor: MCINTOSH SIMON
- Applicant: AESIR LTD , MCINTOSH SIMON
- Assignee: AESIR LTD,MCINTOSH SIMON
- Current Assignee: AESIR LTD,MCINTOSH SIMON
- Priority: GB0912652 2009-07-21
- Main IPC: B64C39/06
- IPC: B64C39/06 ; B64C3/48
Abstract:
Aircraft are usually provided with moveable aerofoils as a means to control direction and orientation. On fixed wing craft these commonly take the form of hinged vanes or ailerons. In Coanda craft the vanes are usually hinged to the skirt of the canopy. The invention offers an alternative method of steering in which the aerofoil is flexible and that the craft has means to cause the aerofoil to flex. Applied to a Coanda craft, the canopy (1) of the craft can be made to be flexible and the craft comprise means (4, 5, 6) to flex selected portion of the canopy so as to cause the craft to pitch or roll. The airfoil (1) may be formed from a single integral piece and be composed of a composite material having a varying composition so as to give different portions of the aerofoil different levels of flexibility.
Public/Granted literature
- WO2011010155A4 STEERING VEHICLES THROUGH CONTROL OF AEROFOILS Public/Granted day:2011-08-18
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