Hybrid inflatable aircraft of the unmanned type
AssigneeC.I.R.A. (Centro Italiano Ricerche Aerospaziali)
InventorsGiuseppe Persechino, Vincenzo Rosario Baraniello, Roberto Borsa
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Abstract
A hybrid aircraft of the unmanned type configured for joint and optimized use of aerostatic and aerodynamic force has an inflatable body having an outer shell and a load-bearing structure inside the outer shell, the inflatable body being adapted to assume a closed wing operating configuration.
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A hybrid aircraft of the unmanned type, configured for joint and optimized use of aerostatic and aerodynamic force, comprising an inflatable body including an outer shell and a load-bearing structure inside said outer shell, said inflatable body being adapted to take a closed wing operating configuration;
- wherein in said closed wing operating configuration, said inflatable body comprises a first arched portion adapted to define an arched wing having a leading edge and a trailing edge, a second straight portion adapted to define a straight wing having a leading edge and a trailing edge, a third and a fourth connecting portion arranged at opposite ends of the straight wing, which are adapted to join said arched wing and said straight wing to each other, wherein said load-bearing structure is an annular structure which extends through said arched wing, said straight wing and said third and fourth connecting portions;
- wherein said load-bearing structure comprises at least one main annular spar;
- wherein said at least one main spar is an inflatable spar.
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