Aerial vehicle controlled and propelled by oscillatory momentum generators and method of flying a vehicle
AssigneeRamot at Tel-Aviv University Ltd.
InventorsAvraham Seifert, David Greenblatt, Israel Wygnanski
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Abstract
A vehicle capable of flight including at least one wing including at least one oscillatory momentum generator mounted therein. A thrust force from the oscillatory momentum generator is directed outwards over the wing causing a lift-generating air flow over a wing surface. A method of flying a vehicle including providing at least one wing having at least one oscillatory momentum generator mounted therein and applying a thrust force from the generator which is directed outwards over the wing and directed to the trailing edge so that a lift generating air flow is created.
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A vehicle capable of flight, the vehicle comprising:
- (a) at least one wing;
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- (b) at least one oscillatory momentum generator mounted within said at least one wing so that a thrust force from said oscillatory momentum generator is directed outwards over said wing causing said wing to move so that a lift-generating air flow over a surface of said at least one wing is created;
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- wherein said thrust force exits said oscillatory momentum generator at an angle of less than 45 degrees with respect to said surface of said wing and wherein said thrust force is directed to a trailing edge of said wing.
A method of flying a vehicle, the method comprising:
- (a) providing on the vehicle at least one wing, said wing having at least one oscillatory momentum generator mounted therein;
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- (b) applying a thrust force from said at least one oscillatory momentum generator, said thrust force being directed outwards over said wing causing said wing to move so that a lift-generating air flow over a surface of said at least one wing is created;
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- (c) directing said thrust force to exit said oscillatory momentum generator at an angle of less than 45 degrees with respect to said surface of said wing and directed to a trailing edge of said wing.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.