Patent classifications
B64C2003/143
Rotorcraft configuration
This invention is about a rotorcraft that possesses a configuration made up of the join of three technologies Know separately as Jet Tip, Circulation Control and Advancing Blade Concept. These three technologies synergizes of unusual form allowing the embodiment of a rotorcraft with advantages qualitative and quantitative in fields as flight characteristics, manufacturing, maintenance, security in flight and operational costs.
Fluid systems that include a co-flow jet
Fluid systems are described. An example fluid system has a first body portion, a second body portion, a spacer, and a fluid pressurizer. The first body portion and the second body portion cooperatively define an injection opening, a suction opening, and a channel that extends from the injection opening to the suction opening. The fluid pressurizer is disposed within the channel cooperatively defined by the first body portion and the second body portion. The first body portion defines a cavity that is sized and configured to filter debris that enters the channel during use and provide a mechanism for removing the debris from the system.
Fluid Systems That Include a Co-Flow Jet
Fluid systems are described herein. An example embodiment of a fluid system has a lengthwise axis, a chord length, a first body portion, a second body portion, a spacer, and a fluid pressurizer. The first body portion and the second body portion cooperatively define an injection opening, a suction opening, and a channel that extends from the injection opening to the suction opening. The fluid pressurizer is disposed within the channel cooperatively defined by the first body portion and the second body portion. The first body portion defines a cavity that is sized and configured to filter debris that enters the channel during use and provide a mechanism for removing the debris from the system.
Tiltrotor Aircraft having Vertical Lift and Hover Augmentation
A tiltrotor aircraft has a fuselage and a wing having upper and lower surfaces with a plurality of channels extending therebetween, each with a cycloidal rotor mounted therein. At least two pylon assemblies are rotatably coupled to the wing to selectively operate the tiltrotor aircraft between helicopter and airplane flight modes. Each pylon assembly includes a mast and a proprotor assembly operable to rotate with the mast to generate thrust. At least one engine provides torque and rotational energy to the proprotor assemblies and the propulsion assemblies. Each of the cycloidal rotors has a plurality of blades that travels in a generally circular path and has a plurality of pitch angle configurations such that each cycloidal rotor is operable to generate a variable thrust and a variable thrust vector, thereby providing vertical lift augmentation, roll control, yaw control and/or pitch control in the helicopter flight mode.
High-Speed Aircraft and Aircraft Having Greater Lift
Disclosed in the present invention is a high-speed aircraft, comprising a shell and an engine, an outer fluid channel and an inner fluid channel being arranged in succession within the shell, the outer fluid channel and the inner fluid channel respectively connecting to the exterior by means of their own air vent; the outer fluid channel is connected to an air suction port of the engine, such that the pressure difference produced by the flow rate within the outer fluid channel being greater than the flow rate within the inner fluid channel acts as the driving force source of the aircraft. Also disclosed in the present invention is an aircraft having greater lift. The present invention provides an innovative method and apparatus for a driving force source obtained from fluid resistance, thus changing the mutual contradiction of a traditional driving apparatus directing external force to itself whilst also needing to use more driving force to overcome fluid resistance. The present invention changes the direction of fluid pressure, altering the condition that the amount of pressure dictates the size of the driving force source obtained; on this basis, a novel greater first and second lift source and driving force source are produced for use in an aircraft.