Patent ID: 6230835
Filing Date: 2001-05-15
Classification: B60V

Abstract:
A ground-effect vehicle with a hull and on each side a wing having a respective outer part can be pivoted up relative to a respective inner part closer to the hull so that as a result of the pivoting a surface loading corresponding to the current speed is maintained with an optimum setting angle and where each inner wing part has rear flaps that are selectively controllable relative to a hull longitudinal axis, the wing and flaps being such that a vertical altitude change can be established without changing the hull position and that rear flaps on the outer wing parts are effective as ailerons, side rudders, and air brakes, the outer wing parts being formed as pivotal two-arm levers coupled so on the inner wing parts that, when upwardly pivoted, the outer wing parts each form a downwardly directed end plate whose free end lies below the respective inner wing part and thus outwardly closes a space formed under the respective inner wing part.