B - Operations – Transporting – 60 – V
Patent
B - Operations, Transporting
60
V
B60V 1/08 (2006.01) B60V 1/18 (2006.01) B60V 1/22 (2006.01)
Patent
CA 2408363
A wing-in-ground effect vehicle has endplates (17) at the ends of wings (3). These extend below fuselage (2) and are designed for constant submergence during flight over water. The nose of each endplate (17) is designed to generate a supercavity extending the length of endplate (17) at cruising speed. To facilitate lengthening of the supercavity at lower speeds, protruding ridges may be provided downstream from each nose. At least the rear portions of endplates (17) are laterally displaceable (eg due to pivoting around a vertical axis) to avoid damage to endplates (17) by water pressure when the vehicle travels at a yaw angle. This "weathercocking" of endplates (17) aligns them with the water flow and allows them to be narrower.
Véhicule aérodynamique WIG ("wing in ground effect") possédant une paire de plaques d'extrémité (17) exerçant un effet de supercavitation et s'étendant au-dessous du fuselage (2), de façon à pouvoir être immergées dans l'eau pendant le vol de ce véhicule au-dessus de l'eau. Ces plaques d'extrémité présentent un nez (28) définissant un bord avant (20) et conçu pour générer une supercavité. Ces plaques d'extrémité (17) pivotent autour d'un axe de pivotement P, de manière à produire un effet stabilisateur de type girouette.
Robic
Wingship Limited
LandOfFree
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