A ground effect flight vehicle
AssigneeSpeeder Systems Holding B.V.
InventorsAhmet Erdem Kazakli, Tadao Deniz Ozistek
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Abstract
A ground effect flight vehicle comprising, a fuselage (1), a wing assembly (4, 5), an engine assembly comprising one or more engines or engine sets (6, 7, 8), and a hull (2) for enabling floatation of the vehicle; wherein the wing assembly (4, 5) comprises stabilizer wings (4) and/or the one or more engines (6, 7, 8) are equipped to provide an airflow departing from the engines (6, 7, 8) which is positionable in one of multiple positions, a first position of the multiple positions which is arranged to generate lift for vertical take-off purpose, and a second position of the multiple positions which is for horizontal cruise flight.
Claims12
A ground effect vehicle comprising a fuselage (1), a wing assembly (4, 5), an engine assembly comprising one or more engines or engine sets (6, 7, 8), and a hull (2) for enabling floatation of the vehicle;
- wherein the wing assembly (4, 5) comprises positionable stabilizer wings (4) and/or the one or more engines (6, 7, 6) are equipped to provide an airflow departing from the engines (6, 7, 8) which is directable in one of multiple directions, a first direction of the multiple directions which is arranged to generate lift for vertical take-off purpose, and a second direction of the multiple directions which is for horizontal cruise flight in and out of ground effect,
- wherein the vehicle has apertures (10) to enable passing of air propelled by the engine assembly when the airflow departing from one or more engines (6, 7) is directed in the first direction, characterized in that the apertures (10) are closable so as to prevent airflow from a lower side to an upper side of the vehicle and to optimize horizontal cruise flight of the vehicle.
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