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U.S. Patent Specifications

Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology

ISSN: 0002-2667

Article publication date: 1 October 1956

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Abstract

An aircraft comprising a fuselage of substantially streamline shape, a planing section movable at will from a retracted position in which it is housed within said fuselage to a planing position in which its forward and aft ends are spaced from and below said fuselage, a nose piece movable from a retracted position, in which it is housed within the fuselage, to an operative position and pivoted at its forward end to said fuselage and at its aft end to said planing section, the aft end of said planing section when in planing position being lower than its forward end, and said planing section comprising a centre portion of approximately V‐section as seen in front elevation, outer portions and hinges at the top of said planing section extending in a fore and aft direction and attaching said outer portions to said centre portion, longitudinally spaced struts pivoted at their opposite ends to the fuselage and to the planing section, a remotely operable jack for imparting pivotal movement to said struts to move the planing surface to and from its planing position, the forward strut serving, when acuated, also to move said nose piece to and from operative position, a torque shaft at the lower end of the rear strut, linkages for moving said outer portions about said hinges, and an operative connection between said torque shaft and said linkages for operating said linkages to spread the outer portions as the planing section descends to projected position and for folding said outer portions against said centre portion as the planing section is raised to retracted position.

Citation

(1956), "U.S. Patent Specifications", Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology, Vol. 28 No. 10, pp. 372-372. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb032754

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