Amphibious vehicle

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1987-04-09

1988-07-19

Barefoot, Galen

Aeronautics and astronautics

Aircraft, heavier-than-air

Airplane and fluid sustained

244100A, 244 23B, 180116, B64C 2904

Patent

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047579625

ABSTRACT:
An amphibious vehicle comprises a fuselage having a pair of support pods at the front end thereof and a single support pod at the rear. In accordance with one embodiment of the invention, each pod has a fan therein and in accordance with another embodiment, the pods serve as floats. The vehicle has a top wing adjacent the rear thereof and a bottom wing adjacent the front, each of which have elevator surfaces thereon. Port and starboard engines are positioned adjacent the rear of the vehicle.

REFERENCES:
patent: 2118254 (1938-05-01), Loedding
patent: 3174573 (1965-03-01), Chaplin
patent: 3931942 (1976-01-01), Alpert
patent: 3981462 (1976-04-01), Berezhnoi et al.
patent: 4469294 (1984-09-01), Cliffton
Papandreadis, "Helicoplane", European Patent Office Publication 0120263, Oct. 3, 1984.

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