B - Operations – Transporting – 60 – V
Patent
B - Operations, Transporting
60
V
B60V 1/14 (2006.01)
Patent
CA 2138397
2138397 9325422 PCTABS00028 The invention relates to a steering device for a hovercraft having at least one engine to drive it and a compressor to provide an air-cushion which can be generated below the craft, and in which there is a rudder device at the stern to control the direction of travel. The aim of the invention is to provide a steering device for a hovercraft providing a substantial improvement in taking a curve course and a considerable reduction in the radii of curvature in all speed ranges. According to the invention, the engines (2; 3) are fitted with a jet deflection device and the jet of air emerging from the engines (2; 3) can be deflected by said device when a curving course is taken in such a way as to produce a force component about the transverse axis of stability countering centrifugal force. The jet deflection device of the invention consists of a rudder system with a negative Vee arrangement in the form of a Vee stream deflector (7).
Blum Albert
Stiegler Hartmut
Abs Aircraft Ag
Ridout & Maybee Llp
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