Aeronautics and astronautics – Composite aircraft
Patent
1984-08-30
1986-04-01
Blix, Trygve M.
Aeronautics and astronautics
Composite aircraft
244 50, 244 49, 244106, 114270, B64D 3700
Patent
active
045792976
ABSTRACT:
Air, Land and Sea vehicle is convertible between aircraft form, road vehicle form and boat form. The conversion between aircraft form and road vehicle forms having (4) four tires as an automobile as well as a roadable vehicle structure that are movable outwardly for highway usage, and inwardly into stored position for the aircraft form or boat form, and having storage for the wing and tail assemblies which has a foldable section for this purpose. For conversion between aircraft form and boat forms, the apparatus has a retractable or extendable water propeller as propelling means in the water, and parts arranged for steering. The wings and tail assemblies are moved inwardly into stored position including auto and aero tires moved inwardly into their water-leak-proof compartments. The conversion between boat form and aircraft forms having wings and tail assemblies as well as propelling structures that are movable outwardly for the flying form including wing-lifter to lift the wings upwardly for the sufficient clearance between the wing-level and the water-level in order to accommodate sufficient relative wind to propel the invention as a lift means, during water takeoff. The water-rudder will maintain a straight forward movement. The auto and aero engines operate until the invention takes off on the water, then, the automobile engine must be turned off. The water-propeller and rudder move inwardly into their compartments respectively.
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"Filtron", advertisement, the Filtron Co. Inc., 38-25 Bell Boulevard, Bayside, NY, NY, 3-13-50.
Ayoola Joseph N.
Blix Trygve M.
Corl Rodney
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