GB847868A - Improvements relating to vertical take-off aircraft - Google Patents

Improvements relating to vertical take-off aircraft

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GB847868A
GB847868A GB1051158A GB1051158A GB847868A GB 847868 A GB847868 A GB 847868A GB 1051158 A GB1051158 A GB 1051158A GB 1051158 A GB1051158 A GB 1051158A GB 847868 A GB847868 A GB 847868A
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air
aircraft
turbine
driven
lift
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GB1051158A
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Alan Arnold Griffith
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Rolls Royce PLC
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Rolls Royce PLC
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B64—AIRCRAFT; AVIATION; COSMONAUTICS
    • B64C—AEROPLANES; HELICOPTERS
    • B64C29/00—Aircraft capable of landing or taking-off vertically, e.g. vertical take-off and landing [VTOL] aircraft
    • B64C29/0008—Aircraft capable of landing or taking-off vertically, e.g. vertical take-off and landing [VTOL] aircraft having its flight directional axis horizontal when grounded
    • B64C29/0016—Aircraft capable of landing or taking-off vertically, e.g. vertical take-off and landing [VTOL] aircraft having its flight directional axis horizontal when grounded the lift during taking-off being created by free or ducted propellers or by blowers
    • B64C29/0025—Aircraft capable of landing or taking-off vertically, e.g. vertical take-off and landing [VTOL] aircraft having its flight directional axis horizontal when grounded the lift during taking-off being created by free or ducted propellers or by blowers the propellers being fixed relative to the fuselage
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B64—AIRCRAFT; AVIATION; COSMONAUTICS
    • B64C—AEROPLANES; HELICOPTERS
    • B64C29/00—Aircraft capable of landing or taking-off vertically, e.g. vertical take-off and landing [VTOL] aircraft
    • B64C29/0091—Accessories not provided for elsewhere

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  • Aviation & Aerospace Engineering (AREA)
  • Structures Of Non-Positive Displacement Pumps (AREA)

Abstract

847,868. Propelling aircraft. ROLLSROYCE Ltd. Jan. 29, 1959 [April 1, 1958], No. 10511/58. Class 4. [Also in Group XXVI] A vertical take-off aircraft has compressors to provide lift. These compressors are driven by turbines, and the turbines are driven by air supplied by an extra compressor in a gas turbine used for forward propulsion; the extra compressor is driven by a free turbine in the gas turbine. Fig. 5 shows the propulsion turbine, which has an extra compressor 41 driven by free turbine 38 and feeding air to a manifold 43. Air for the main compressor passes round the extra compressor. The tail pipe is adjustable and can provide some lift. Fig. 6 shows a lift compressor or fan. Air is supplied by manifolds 21 to a turbine 50 which drives a fan 55. Guide vanes 56, 57 and inlet and outlet flaps 46 and 47 are provided. Fig. 4 shows an aircraft with gas turbines 15, 17 supplying air to compressors 14. Combustion chambers 26, 30 are provided to increase lift. Air may also be supplied to jet flaps 16, or to additional propulsion nozzles 23, 32.
GB1051158A 1958-04-01 1958-04-01 Improvements relating to vertical take-off aircraft Expired GB847868A (en)

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Cited By (3)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US3038683A (en) * 1961-04-20 1962-06-12 Gen Electric Vtol aircraft
US3110456A (en) * 1961-08-08 1963-11-12 English Electric Co Ltd Vertical take-off aircraft
US7364118B2 (en) 2003-06-11 2008-04-29 Rolls-Royce Plc Propulsion arrangement

Cited By (3)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US3038683A (en) * 1961-04-20 1962-06-12 Gen Electric Vtol aircraft
US3110456A (en) * 1961-08-08 1963-11-12 English Electric Co Ltd Vertical take-off aircraft
US7364118B2 (en) 2003-06-11 2008-04-29 Rolls-Royce Plc Propulsion arrangement

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