Ground-effect hovercraft vehicle with retractable wings
OwnerEnrique Jose Rivas Pinillainventor
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Abstract
A ground-effect amphibious hovercraft vehicle having a system of retractable wings (8), which are retracted (parking mode) by retracting arms (17a and 17b) of both wings by a head (19). At the same time, the vehicle acts as a ground-effect hovercraft vehicle when the wings (8) are extended (flight mode), which is done by extending the arms (17a and 17b) of both wings by the head (19). The head (19) is extended/retracted using a cylinder (22) moved by a drive motor (18), which may be an electric motor, a hydraulic motor or a mechanical motor, or manually using cables and pulleys.
Claims8
A hovercraft comprising retractable wings (8) having extender/retractor arms (17a and 17b) connected by means of a retracting/extending head (19), wherein the head (19) is extended/retracted by a cylinder (22), and is mobilized by a drive motor (18), wherein the retractable wings (8) are mounted on a wing mechanism box (20), wherein the wing mechanism box is installed between base plates (15a and 15b), together with a structural reinforcement (14) under a chassis or fuselage of the hovercraft, wherein when the extender/retractor arms (17a and 17b) of the retractable wings (8) are extended flight mode), the hovercraft is configured in ground effect hovercraft mode, and when the extender/retractor arms (17a and 17b) of the retractable wings (8) are retracted (parking mode), the hovercraft is configured in amphibious hovercraft mode.
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