Aeronautics and astronautics – Aircraft – heavier-than-air – Airplane sustained
Patent
1984-05-29
1985-12-24
Barefoot, Galen L.
Aeronautics and astronautics
Aircraft, heavier-than-air
Airplane sustained
244 54, 244 67, 244DIG1.4, B64C 116
Patent
active
045601194
ABSTRACT:
An ultralightweight aircraft including a principal longitudinally disposed load-carrying member and a wing structure supported by the load-carrying member and positioned in a horizontal plane spaced a distance below or above the horizontal plane of the load-carrying member. A housing is attached to and depends from the load-carrying member, an operator's station is disposed within the housing, the wing structure is attached to the housing and a landing gear system connected to a lower surface of the housing. A rudder and elevator assembly is mounted on the load-carrying member aft of the wing structure. A propeller is mounted on the load-carrying member between the wing structure and the rudder and elevator assembly for rotation about a longitudinal centerline of the load-carrying member. An engine is directly mounted on the load-carrying member, and a belt system drivingly connects the output of the engine to the propeller. A tail support structure may be connected to the aft end of the load-carrying member, and it includes a tubular support member disposed longitudinally beneath and in the same vertical plane as the load-carrying member. The support member has a forward end disposed forward of the propeller and the engine and an aft end angling up so that it is positioned closer to the load-carrying member than the forward end. Bracing structure mounts the support member to the load-carrying member.
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patent: D140113 (1945-01-01), Biasell
patent: 899350 (1908-09-01), Steinhaus
patent: 2005728 (1935-06-01), Burgess
patent: 3013749 (1961-12-01), Dunham
patent: 4249711 (1981-02-01), Godbersen
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