Ships – Hull or hull adjunct employing fluid dynamic forces to... – Having hydrofoil
Patent
1977-12-07
1979-07-03
Blix, Trygve M.
Ships
Hull or hull adjunct employing fluid dynamic forces to...
Having hydrofoil
244180, 318588, B63B 130
Patent
active
041596900
ABSTRACT:
A control system for a hydrofoil characterized in that a transition from the foil-borne to the hull-borne mode of operation is initiated and the craft caused to descend or land automatically due to a failure in the primary power source for the control system or some other off-normal condition. The invention constitutes an improvement in prior art systems of this type in that, should the primary power source fail, an auxiliary gyroscope automatically provides stabilization about the roll axis to the unstable craft. This causes the craft to maintain an essentially level deck attitude or, should the craft be in a turn, to roll out of an inclined deck attitude toward a level deck attitude as the craft descends to the hull-borne mode of operation subsequent to primary power source failure. In this manner, the severity of impact with the water as the craft descends during a turning maneuver is reduced. An additional gyroscope can be provided to reduce or prevent pitching movements of the craft as it descends during automatic landing due to an off-normal condition such as loss of power in the primary control system.
REFERENCES:
patent: 3800727 (1974-04-01), Stark
patent: 3886884 (1975-06-01), Stark
Blix Trygve M.
Eisenzopf Reinhard J.
Murray Thomas H.
The Boeing Company
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