Control system for jet propelled vehicle
OwnerPeter M. Panosinventor
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Abstract
A vehicle capable of omnidirectional movement employing a jet engine and a plurality of directional jet nozzles communicating with said engine, and a single controller means united with said nozzles to cause omnidirectional movement of said vehicle and control the acceleration and deceleration of said vehicle.
Claims10
In a vehicle capable of omnidirectional movement wherein said vehicle has an upper and lower surface and includes a vehicle control center, a jet engine power source, directional jet nozzle means on said vehicle communicating with said jet engine to receive jet exhaust from said engine, a single control means in said vehicle control center to control vectoring of said vehicle, the improvement including:
- each of said directional jet nozzle means mounted in at least one of said surfaces and a thrust vectoring passage included therein to channel said jet exhaust to the exterior of said vehicle to impart desired directional movement to said vehicle;
- said single control means including a plenum chamber communicating with said jet engine to receive jet exhaust therefrom, an outer housing forming said plenum chamber, said housing including exhaust openings, a drum slidably mounted within said housing, said drum including exhaust openings alignable with said openings in said housing to control the discharge of jet exhaust from said plenum chamber, a handle means affixed to said drum and passing through said housing whereby upward or downward movement of said handle means will slidably move said drum within said housing to align and misalign said openings, and jet nozzle directional adjustment means mounted on said handle means leading to said directional jet nozzles whereby movement of said adjustment means will cause simultaneous rotation of said jet nozzles to impart directional movement to said vehicle;
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- ducting interposed between said housing and said directional jet nozzle means to convey said jet exhaust and said ducting enclosing a portion of said nozzle means.
A vertical take off and landing vehicle capable of omnidirectional movement when airborne comprising:
- a saucer shaped body having upper and lower convex surfaces and an annular edge, said body also including a cockpit therein with a transparent canopy covering said cockpit;
- a jet engine mounted within said body for propelling said body through the discharge of exhaust therefrom;
- a plurality of pairs of non-stationary adjustable omni directional jet nozzle means mounted on and peripherally around said upper and lower surfaces one above the other adjacent the edge thereof, said nozzles adapted to receive and discharge the jet exhaust to effect movement of said body;
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- a single control means including a plenum chamber communicating with said jet engine to receive said exhaust and control the distribution of said exhaust to said jet nozzles, and jet nozzle directional adjustment means also mounted on said control means to omnidirectionally rotate said jet nozzles.
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