The patent relates to a mooring and landing device for aircraft which are capable of vertical descent for landing comprising an inflatable tube-type device, or trunk, attached to the bottom surface of the craft. The trunk is in the shape of a doughnut and the open interior compartment formed by the inflated trunk and the bottom surface of the craft is evacuated to a pressure lower than atmospheric so that the difference between the compartment pressure and the atmospheric pressure moors the craft to the ground. The trunk is inflated to a pressure greater than atmospheric and may be formed with a plurality of holes to provide an air cushion for lubrication purposes.


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    Titel :

    Negative Air Cushion for Airship Ground Handling


    Beteiligte:
    J. C. Vaughan (Autor:in)

    Erscheinungsdatum :

    1975


    Format / Umfang :

    5 pages


    Medientyp :

    Report


    Format :

    Keine Angabe


    Sprache :

    Englisch




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