Underwater glider
OwnerRonald Charles Allum, Alan Miguel Lavery +1inventors
InventorsRonald Charles Allum, Alan Miguel Lavery, Matthew Glen Johnston
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Abstract
In an underwater glider, stability and versatility can be enhanced by the use of a high wing design. In a high wing design, a centerline of the wings extending from the sides of the body of the glider are located above a relative centerline of the body of the glider. The relative centerline of the wings may rise continuously from a region where the wings attach to the body to respective ends of the wings. In particular for a blended wing glider, a top surface of the glider is level in a line extending between ends of each wing.
Claims15
An underwater glider including:
- a body,
- first and second wings extending from respective first and second sides of the body;
- wherein a relative centerline of the first and second wings at any point along the first and second wings is disposed above a relative centerline of the body;
- and
- wherein a top surface of the underwater glider is level in a line extending between ends of each of the first and second wings.
An underwater glider including:
- a body,
- first and second wings that extend from the body;
- wherein for each of the first and second wings, a relative centerline of the respective wing rises continuously from the body toward a tip of the respective wing;
- and
- wherein the glider includes a blended wing design.
An underwater glider including:
- a body,
- first and second wings extending from respective first and second sides of the body;
- wherein a relative centerline of the first and second wings at any point along the first and second wings is disposed above a relative centerline of the body;
- and wherein the body includes a wing profile.
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