Aeronautics and astronautics – Aircraft – heavier-than-air – Airplane and fluid sustained
Patent
1987-03-16
1989-04-25
Barefoot, Galen
Aeronautics and astronautics
Aircraft, heavier-than-air
Airplane and fluid sustained
244 23C, B64C 3906
Patent
active
048240486
ABSTRACT:
An induction lift flying saucer having a circular shaped air frame which houses a vacuum cell induction lift wing adapted to be used in an aerodynamic generating channel wherein the lift wing includes an airfoil having a leading edge and a trailing edge, a top panel and an acoustically treated hollow interior, and wherein the airfoil includes airtight partitions forming individual cells within the hollow interior and the airfoil has inclined slots extending from the top panel into each of the individual cells wherein the inclined slots extend at an angle from each of the individual cells toward the trailing edge of the airfoil and wherein the airfoil is adapted to be positioned within an aerodynamic generating channel with the top panel of the airfoil being adapted to form a lower boundary of the aerodynamic generating channel and to define a slip thereacross from an airstream passing through the aerodynamic generating channel, a bearing support operatively coupled to the airfoil adjacent the trailing edge to enable the airfoil to be rotated therearound to change the angle of incidence of the top panel to an airstream passing thereacross and a pivot support operatively couples to the airfoil adjacent the leading edge for moving the airfoil leading edge relative to an airstream by rotating the airfoil around the support member to change the angle on incidence of a top panel relative to an airstream enabling the airflow thereof to generate a vacuum within the individual cells is shown. A jet thrust peripheral flow recycling system and induction lift aerodynamic generating channel using the vacuum cell induction lift wing is also shown.
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