Kit for converting a motorcycle to an airborne vehicle

Details Kit for converting a motorcycle to an airborne vehicle Kit for converting a motorcycle to an airborne vehicle

1984-08-27

1987-04-14

Barefoot, Galen

Aeronautics and astronautics

Composite aircraft

244DIG14, 244 13, 280213, 180 74, B64C 3700

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046572074

ABSTRACT:
A kit for converting a motorcycle to an aircraft or airborne vehicle includes a glider type parachute with fore and aft lines for connecting to and supporting a motorcycle, in a balanced position, with a propeller system including counter rotating propellers mounted on a pair of concentric shafts and driven by rollers drivingly engaging the rear drive wheel of the motorcycle. Directional control by means of control lines attached to the rear of teeter bars suspended below the wing and connected by directional control lines to outriggers attached to the front wheel structure of the motorcycle.

REFERENCES:
patent: 1564534 (1924-08-01), Ziperstein
patent: 1568095 (1926-01-01), Silver
patent: 1789623 (1931-01-01), Franz
patent: 4050399 (1977-09-01), Mochel
patent: 4068810 (1978-01-01), Malewicki
patent: 4424945 (1984-01-01), Dell
John D. Nicolaides, "Parafoil Powered Flight Performance", Jan. 1972.

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