Vertical takeoff and landing aircraft

Details Vertical takeoff and landing aircraft Vertical takeoff and landing aircraft

2005-12-20

2005-12-20

Luu, Teri Pham (Department: 3644)

Aeronautics and astronautics

Aircraft, heavier-than-air

Fluid sustained

C244S02300R, C244S055000, C244S058000

Reexamination Certificate

active

06976654

ABSTRACT:
A flight capable mobile platform adapted for covert deployment is provided. The mobile platform is additionally adapted to have a reduced vulnerability to hostile detection and aggression. The mobile platform includes a fuselage having a pair of sidewalls and a bottom. The sidewalls and bottom form an armored payload bay. The mobile platform additionally includes a pair of wings connected to the fuselage. The wings have a fixed wingspan constructed such that the mobile platform can be transported by a larger second mobile platform. This allows for the mobile platform to be aerial deployed from the larger second mobile platform. Each of the sidewalls include at least one pulse ejector thrust augmentor (PETA) bank that is canted outward. Therefore, thrust exhaust produced by each PETA bank is directed down and away from a centerline of the payload bay. Furthermore, the bottom of the mobile platform is adapted to allow ingress and egress of cargo, e.g. military troops, from the payload bay.

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