Aeronautics and astronautics – Aircraft – heavier-than-air – Helicopter or auto-rotating wing sustained – i.e. – gyroplanes
Patent
1979-01-19
1981-01-20
Barefoot, Galen L.
Aeronautics and astronautics
Aircraft, heavier-than-air
Helicopter or auto-rotating wing sustained, i.e., gyroplanes
244 87, 244 90R, 244113, 114163, B64C 902, B64C 932
Patent
active
042458021
ABSTRACT:
A rotary wing aircraft is provided with at least one pair of vane members mounted on opposite sides of the body thereof. Each vane member includes a substantially planar flared section and a mounting section; each of such vane member mounting sections being positioned alongside such aircraft body and being rotatable about a substantially horizontal common axis passing therethrough. Such vane member flared sections extend in planes which obliquely intersect such common axis. Such vane members are selectively counter-rotatable to move such flared sections thereof into and out of alignment with the airstream moving rearwardly alongside the body of such aircraft as the same moves forwardly through the air to concurrently serve steering and banking functions and are further rotatable in unison to serve a pitching function.
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patent: D152161 (1948-12-01), Knack
patent: 1250987 (1917-12-01), DeGraw
patent: 2074765 (1937-03-01), Adams
patent: 2630984 (1953-03-01), Ballaver
patent: 2630985 (1953-03-01), Sherry
patent: 3756529 (1973-09-01), Backlund
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