Takeoff and landing platform for V/STOL airplane

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1983-01-24

1985-09-17

Blix, Trygve M.

Aeronautics and astronautics

Landing field arrangement

244110E, B64F 100

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045415943

ABSTRACT:
A takeoff and landing platform for V/STOL aircraft has features to reduce ground effect. The platform has a plurality of vanes mounted above a flat horizontal surface. Each of the vanes is curved to turn the jet stream from the vertical. The upper edges of all the vanes lie in a plane that is parallel with the horizontal surface. This plane is located at a distance from the horizontal surface that is about 0.5 to about 2.0 times the engine nozzle diameter at takeoff and landing of the type aircraft that use the platform.

REFERENCES:
patent: 3087693 (1963-04-01), Nicholson et al.
patent: 3436036 (1969-04-01), Madelung

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