Apparatus for controlling air cushion vehicle

Details Apparatus for controlling air cushion vehicle Apparatus for controlling air cushion vehicle

1989-12-12

1991-08-27

Barefoot, Galen

Motor vehicles

Surface effect vehicles

Having propulsion or control means

244 52, 244110B, 23926525, 23926529, 23926531, B60V 114

Patent

active

050426052

ABSTRACT:
The present invention relates to an apparatus for controlling an air cushion vehicle (trade name, Hovercraft) of a vehicle to be driven by air flowing pressure, in which rudders are provided along both side walls of a propulsion fan duct, the rear sides of the rudders are bent toward the outside of the propulsion fan duct to perform the abrupt braking at the time of linearly moving and reverse moving of the air cushion vehicle, and the handle column for turning the direction is tiltably provided to easily move reversely the air cushion vehicle by the same handle steering operation.

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patent: 2944394 (1960-07-01), Peregrine
patent: 3166273 (1965-01-01), Balluff
patent: 3587771 (1971-06-01), Fauve
patent: 3608662 (1971-09-01), Ferguson
patent: 3610556 (1971-10-01), Charlton, Jr.
patent: 3655133 (1972-04-01), Medawar

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