Light aircraft using parachute/paraglider wing
OwnerRichard D. Adamsinventor
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Abstract
A powered air vehicle is disclosed. The air vehicle includes a parachute/parafoil or similar lifting body, with a frame structure suspended vertically below the parachute and comprising of all propulsion and flight control systems generally at the upper end of the frame structure. In one embodiment, a propulsion source is mounted on top of the frame structure, which also house the battery module, main parafoil/parachute system, flight control systems, and structure for carrying an individual user below the propulsion source. Control arms control pitch of the propulsion source to control altitude, and are also used to control direction.
Claims20
A powered parachute aircraft comprising:
- a frame for holding a user in a vertical orientation,
- a propulsion motor mounted above a user to an upper part of said frame, said propulsion motor mounted for tilting fore and aft movement so that pitch of said propulsion motor can be changed,
- a left movable control arm coupled to said propulsion motor and a right movable control arm coupled to said propulsion motor,
- a parachute supporting said frame and said propulsion motor, said parachute having at least one left control line connected to said left movable control arm and at least one right control line connected to said right movable control arm,
- whereby simultaneous fore and aft movement of said left movable control arm and said right movable control arm changes pitch of said propulsion motor to control altitude of said powered parachute aircraft, and vertical movement of said left movable control arm and said right movable control arm changes direction of said powered parachute aircraft.
A powered parachute aircraft comprising:
- a vertically disposed frame configured for supporting a user in a vertical orientation,
- a center mount assembly mounted for fore and aft movement along a curved plane to an upper part of said frame and above a user,
- a propulsion motor mounted to said center mount assembly,
- a left vertically movable control arm and a right vertically movable control arm, said left vertically movable control arm attached to a left side of said center mount assembly and said right vertically movable control arm attached to a right side of said center mount assembly,
- a parachute having a plurality of lines for suspending said center mount assembly and said frame below said parachute, with at least one of said lines being a left control line for controlling a leftward direction of said parachute, and at least one of said lines being a right control line for controlling a rightward direction of said parachute,
- said at least one left control line attached for vertical movement to said left vertically movable control arm and said at least one right control line attached for vertical movement to said right vertically movable control arm,
- whereby direction of flight of said powered parachute aircraft is controlled by a user moving said left vertically movable control arm and said right vertically movable control arm in vertical directions, and altitude can be gained by moving said center mount assembly along said curved plane to change a pitch angle of said propulsion motor to an upward pitch.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.