Flying disc aircraft

Details Flying disc aircraft Flying disc aircraft

1986-03-05

1988-10-18

Basinger, Sherman D.

Aeronautics and astronautics

Aircraft, heavier-than-air

Fluid sustained

244 52, B64C 3906

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047781289

ABSTRACT:
A flying disc aircraft includes a symmetrical body housing pilot and/or passenger seating apparatus above, a thrust-generating apparatus below, and a rotation inertia disc located therebetween. The disc rotates within the body in a plane normal to the axis of symmetry, and provides inertial stability for the aircraft through a gyroscopic effect. Directional control is achieved by means of mechanical linkage elements connecting a control stick at the pilot seating apparatus with the thrust-generating apparatus, the linkage allowing the pilot to orient the thrust at various angles relative to the aircraft axis of symmetry. Lift occurs when ambient air is induced, by virtue of the thrust-generating apparatus, to flow over the disc. In an alternate embodiment, lift is generated by the thrust-generating apparatus, and a shroud located beneath the apparatus is employed for redirecting resulting thrust to therefore facilitate directional control of the aircraft.

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patent: 3383073 (1968-05-01), Clover
patent: 3633849 (1972-01-01), Kling
patent: 3640489 (1972-02-01), Jaeger
patent: 3946970 (1976-03-01), Blankenship
patent: 4301981 (1981-11-01), Hartt
patent: 4457476 (1984-07-01), Andresevitz
patent: 4461436 (1984-07-01), Messina

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