Aeronautics and astronautics – Aircraft – heavier-than-air – Fluid sustained
Patent
1995-06-09
1997-11-04
Kashnikow, Andres
Aeronautics and astronautics
Aircraft, heavier-than-air
Fluid sustained
244 5, 244 76J, 244165, 244168, B64B 136, B64C 2900, B64C 1706, B64G 144
Patent
active
056830602
ABSTRACT:
An air vehicle that includes a body lower portion, a body intermediate portion, body lower portion, a solar panel, elevating apparatus, gimbling apparatus, and inflatable landing gear. The body lower portion has a body lower portion outer surface and contains a body lower portion chamber. The body intermediate portion has a body intermediate portion upper surface and contains a body intermediate portion chamber. The body intermediate portion is connected to the body lower portion. The body upper portion contains a body upper portion chamber and is displaced a distance above the body intermediate portion. The solar panel has a solar panel outer surface and contains a solar panel void. The solar panel connects the body upper portion to the body intermediate portion. The elevating apparatus raises and lowers the air vehicle and is disposed within the body upper portion chamber. The gimbling apparatus rotates, tilts, and laterally moves the air vehicle and is disposed on the body intermediate portion upper surface and passes through the solar panel void. An inflatable landing gear is disposed on the body lower portion so that the air vehicle can readily land on and take off from the sea.
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Kashnikow Andres
Miller P.E. Richard L.
Mojica Virna Lissi
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