Motor vehicles – Surface effect vehicles – Having propulsion or control means
Patent
1975-11-12
1977-08-23
Peters, Jr., Joseph F.
Motor vehicles
Surface effect vehicles
Having propulsion or control means
416168R, B60V 100
Patent
active
040434214
ABSTRACT:
An air car capable of flying above the surface of the ground and above the ground-effect distance comprising a substantially rectangular frame structure defining a front end, a rear end, lateral side ends, a top and a bottom; a turbine engine mounted in the forward end of said vehicle and having an intake opening leading thereto at the forward end of said vehicle, a pair of rearwardly directed exhaust ports located adjacent the center of the rear of said vehicle and connected to the exhaust of said turbine, a pair of lateral exhaust openings adjacent the forward end of said vehicle and connected to the exhaust of said turbine, a pair of lateral exhaust ports located adjacent the rear of said vehicle and connected to the exhaust of said turbine, a pair of spaced fan assemblies mounted at the forward end of said vehicle and adjacent the sides thereof adapted to draw air from above said vehicle and force the same downwardly through openings at the bottom of said vehicle, a second pair of spaced fan assemblies mounted adjacent the rear of said vehicle and adjacent the sides thereof for drawing air from above the vehicle and forcing the same downwardly through openings at the bottom of said vehicle, means connected to the output of said turbine for driving said fan assemblies in unison, the fans adjacent one side of said vehicle rotating in a given rotary direction and the fans on the opposite side of said vehicle rotating in a direction opposite to said given rotary direction, each fan assembly including a plurality of horizontally and radially extending fan blades mounted for pivotal movement along a substantially horizontal pivot axis, each fan blade being pivotal around said horizontal pivot axis and means for pivoting the fan blades of all fan assemblies in unison, and means for selectively restricting the flow from the exhaust ports of each diagonally opposite pair of exhaust ports.
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Dorman William S.
Peters Jr. Joseph F.
Rubenstein Jack D.
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