Patent Application: US-19906902-A

Abstract:
a helicopter can &# 39 ; t moor to a wall or land on slope surface . maneuvering a helicopter changes angle positions and loses targets . its screw closes operating space above . here is given the design of a flying and soaring device free from these problems . it uses side circulating wings whose quasi - horizontal paths of circulation provide necessary thrust for hovering , lifting and flying . rotopters can be with one or two thrust delivering plants . the first type rotopter is useful as a personal flying device able also move as a car , a sledge , or a boat propelled by the same thrust plant . the second type rotopter can occupy any angle position . it can tilt , state horizontally or vertically , flying and landing this manner . it can moor to a vertical wall or a cliff providing rescue or assault operations . automatic redistribution of active power between the thrust plants allows it .

Description:
this rotopter ( fig1 ) consists of : a fuselage 31 , a hull erection 7 , a transmission , control devices and the blade star propellor kept by the console 8 . the transmission passes rotation of ( the turbine engine 43 via the shaft 28 , engaged bevels 19 , 5 the differential 6 , drive shafts 3 and 18 , muffs 21 , carrying 40 and hollow 14 connected shafts ) to bosses 23 and 26 of the star propellor . it consists of a four blades ( sections 9 , 25 , 16 connected by a shaft 1 ), spokes 27 and 30 , hubs 23 and 26 . during gyration the blades 35 , 36 , 37 , 38 turn accurate half of what their holding star does . this happens because the geared hub 23 is revolved by shaft 40 via the shaft bulge 24 and hollow shaft 14 holding said hub 23 . this compel the gear 11 run round still gear 57 and thus to revolve along with the bevel gear 39 , which in turn transmits revolution to the blades via the gear 13 , shaft 12 , and bevel gear couple 34 , 2 . normally created thrust force directs up vertically becoming totally a lift force . for the rotopter maneuvering the thrust force of each thrust propellor can be reduced or increased , or also , inclined forward or back . diminishing of produced turbine power can synchronically reduce thrust forces . this compels the rotopter to land whereas the turbine acceleration enforces the rotopter climb up . applying any of the brakes 83 , 84 ( fig1 ) reduces the thrust force of the associated propellor allowing the rotopter to make roll , or bank with combined turn . the turn is accomplished by opposite thrust inclinations of the propellers . even thrust inclinations lets the rotopter increase forward or back depending of inclination direction . described inclining operations are produced by the control drive 10 via the united gears 22 and 57 , which need to be turn by said driver to the angle of the same direction and double volume of the desired thrust inclination angle . then the inclination angle is presented as constant addition to altering blade angle orientations . this is that makes the thrust to be desirable inclined . the main lift force is the resistance of blade on descending circular path . the blade , flat oriented and possessing velocity v , treats resistance force f determined as follows [ 1 ]: hovering rotopter with weight g should develop the lifting force ( this is also the resistance force ) f = g . so we can find required engine power p = f · v . substituting g instead f and expressing v from equation ( 1 ) we obtain : taking , for example , g = 10 kn (≅ 1 ton ) and a = 10 m { circumflex over ( )} 2 , we obtain the required engine power p = 476 . 1 hp . this example shows little effectiveness of this way creating lift ( trust ) force as the force resisting to vertical flap down motion of the flat oriented blades . the reason concludes in ignoring the lifting property of a wing that should move perpendicular to the created lifting force . as shown in “ introduction to fluid mechanics ” [ 1 ], the lift force ( perpendicular to the wing velocity ) succeed the drag force 20 - 40 times depending of wing profile and attack angle . so taking lift - drag ratio c 1 / c d = 25 we can expect reducing the required power for the instance engine down to 20 hp . loses are not considered . 2 . conical star propellor carrying wings swinged by eccentric gear mechanism . the propellers of this rotopter ( fig3 ) has a star rotor holding the blades 35 - 38 through spokes 30 , gear boxes 49 , and shafts 1 . the shafts 1 as well as axis of each blade inclined relatively an axis of the drive shaft 18 . this makes the thrust propellor conical . revolving the blades describe conical surface . remote blade parts draw circles of greater radius allowing reaching greater peripheral velocities . they develop significant centrifugal forces , which are poising each other with strong string or cord 58 connecting them . as stated by [ 2 ], “ carbon fiber is many times stronger than steel . . . ” so this material can be used for poising centrifugal forces on the string minimum air resistance and weight . to provide complete poising of the centrifugal forces the strings can be connect the blades or wings stable in few sections . conical phantom bodies ( described by the conical propellor ) can be better allocated upon the rotopter fuselage and adjoining space ensuring required functionality . as a variant the own turbine engine 43 for each thrust propellor is applied here ( fig3 ) giving opportunity to alter independently lift thrust of any propellor by changing its engine - consumed power . we can also incline the lift thrust direction on desired angle γ by turning the normally still bevel gear 57 on the same angle γ to the same direction . for this action the control system uses the drive 10 , the worm 72 and the worm wheel 90 turning said still bevel gear 57 . blade revolution is accomplished by bevel satellites 46 , 56 rolling this still bevel gear 57 and transmitting own revolution through ductile shaft 47 , connection 48 and geared bearing 49 providing the mean gear ratio 1 : 1 . i . e . one turn of the shaft 18 causes accurate one turn of the blades ( 35 - 38 ) relative the same rotopter system coordinate . it could be useless if the still bevel gear 57 is coaxial with the drive shaft 18 . but it is not . 2 . 2 . the gear eccentricity providing blade attack angles needed for thrust forces rise . here we also have new thrust propellor properties . this is variable rate transmission of revolution from drive shaft 18 to blade shaft 1 during the shaft 18 whole turn . so during one turn synchronically with the wing star blades make one swing orienting itself at thrusting attack angles . for that the still gear 57 is not coaxial with the drive shaft 18 as it happens with the united gears 22 , 57 ( fig1 ). here the still gear 57 is set on the drive shaft 18 eccentrically ( fig3 ). the center of still gear 57 is the blade or wing orientation center . distance between the centers of wings orientation and its circulation is the propellor eccentricity . this gear carries on its neck 57 a ( fig5 ) the rings 54 with axles 55 via the sliding bushes 45 holding the bevel satellites 46 , 56 ( and others ) engaged with the still gear 57 . when the propellor star is revolved by the drive shaft 18 , the star spokes 30 through the leading holders 50 revolve the bevel satellites 46 , 56 ( and others ) round the still gear 57 ( fig3 ). as a result the satellites get and transmit their revolution to the blades 35 - 38 through the ductile shafts 47 , connections 48 and geared bearings 49 . the last ones ensure total transmitting rate between the still gear 57 and the shafts 1 as great as 1 : 1 in conditions of rounding this gear by the satellites 46 , 56 ( and others ). the spokes 30 ( fig4 ) round the center c ( the drive shaft 18 ) whereas the bevel satellites 46 , 56 ( and others ), set on the neck 57 a of the still gear 57 ( fig5 ), round the center o remote from the center c as far as e ( eccentricity ). the holders 50 via its bushes 45 being located on the spokes 30 accomplish this revolving . as we see in fig4 the angle paths passed by the satellites between the 35 and 36 positions and between 36 and 37 positions are greater than π / 2 on the angle α = arcsine ( e / r ). the angle difference between orientations of spokes 30 and bevel gears 46 , 56 ( and others ) axles &# 39 ;, connected by holders 50 , orient blades to the needed attack angles . the turbine - engine 43 ( fig1 ), allocated above of the thrust producing plant , transmits its power to the propellor through the shaft 28 , bevel gears 19 , 5 , shaft 91 ( splitting power to both propellors ), bevel gears 96 , 95 , the drive shaft 18 and the boss 103 with key 109 ( fig2 ). the disk 107 along with orienting levers 100 rotates on the still eccentric axle - neck 89 where it is fixed with the bolt 114 . the disk 107 and wings 85 ( fig1 , 20 ) are connected with telescopic levers consisting each of levers 99 , 100 compensating changes of the distance between wing and the disk 107 . when the star propellor revolves around the main axis , i . e . the drive shaft 18 axis ( circulation center c ), the telescopic levers orient the wings relatively the eccentric axis of the axle - neck 89 ( orientation center o ) turning or swinging them so as they are always oriented to the orientation center ) and have attack angles as shown ( fig2 ). the shown here eccentricity direction makes the left wings to tilt left and the right wings to tilt right . so all left and right wings produced the thrusts ( at list its horizontal projections ) of the same direction from left to right . all vertical projections are mutually annihilated . this is obviously , if we increase ( in proper boundary ) the eccentricity e then along with attack angle we increase also the wing thrust . we can get zero - thrust if e = 0 ( fig2 , 21 ). the eccentricity e ( and so thrust volume ) is altered ( fig1 ) by shifting the slip table 106 with e - drive 88 through the bevel gears 92 , 93 , e - shaft 97 , the pinion 110 ( fig2 ) and the rack 111 , fixed into longitudinal slit 112 of said slip table 106 . the drive 88 can change the propellor eccentricity from some volume e to the negative volume of it — e thus changing the thrust direction to the opposite . it means we have the best method for control the thrust volume without special engine power correction . to change the thrust direction on some angle γ is enough to turn the propellor eccentricity to the same angle γ . for that ( fig1 ) we need to turn the swivel table 105 at this angle with the d - drive 10 via the worm 72 , worm wheel 90 , d - shaft 104 carrying and revolving said swivel table 105 with the key 33 ( fig2 ). notice : all shafts ( d - shaft 97 , e - shaft 104 and the drive shaft 18 ) are inserted coaxial each in other and in the bearings of the base armature 87 . they form the mechanical assemble driving and flexible controlling the rotational wing propellor . this propellor is protected against centrifugal forces by strings 80 via connections 102 . 3 . 3 . the propellor enhancing by the adapting profile of the wings . claim 6 . the attack angle α is an angle rising between the wing chord and the peripheral velocity vector v . as we see in fig2 , all wings has identical profile irrespective of their positions . for example , the very right wing , moving up and creating thrust has good conditions for that because its attack angle α associated with this profile the best way . on the other hand the very left wing has negative attack angle α which is not associated with the wing profile proper way . the wing creates the thrust much lesser than the right wing . we are trying here to give the best thrust creating conditions for each wing of the wing star propellor . let &# 39 ; s do it by , first , making wing basic profile symmetrical , second , making this profile adaptable to positions the wings take . the first action is clear , the second action is the equipping symmetrical wings 85 with trailing edges 120 ( fig2 ), each of which should automatically be turn to the same direction as the chord . as we see , this action adapts the wing profile to the thrust direction . the total propellor thrust is sum of the vertical components of the thrusts of all wings . technically the device , adapting wing profile to the wing position , is based on the join of the wing shaft 1 and the anti centrifugal string 80 which pulls the shaft 1 through the joint 102 with the bush 115 when the wing is bent by the centrifugal force . so the joint 102 is oriented stable to the propellor star center o . we use this join property by adding the lever 122 to it ( fig2 ). also we add the lever 117 to the armature 119 of the trailing edge 120 and connect both levers 117 and 122 by the strip 123 via hinges 116 . now when some wing is turned by any method , as it is described before , the lever 122 , continuing stay stable pushes or pulls the lever 117 . so the trailing edge turns additionally to the same direction as the wing does . this mechanism changes the wing profile as we have wished . 3 . 4 . the propellor enhancing by using the grid wings . claim 7 . we do it by taking the propellor of the previous paragraphs and substituting wings by the grid wings or vane arrays ( fig2 , 25 ). so the propellor has the same working procedure as described in the p . 3 . 1 . as we see this type of the wing possesses great stiffness . so the only end string 58 is needed here to neutralize the centrifugal forces . when the propellor rotates the tilted ( because of the eccentric mechanism ) upper arrays push air to the center while the lower arrays push it further out of the center . each of these arrays creates the own thrust directed opposite to compelled air motion . the vector sum of these thrust is the propellor thrust . the more propellor eccentricity e the more power is needed to rotate the propellor because the attack angle is increased . however the more total thrust is created . the grid wings allows to be turned up to 40 - 50 degrees providing smooth streamlining and the thrust a few times greater . this is why the eccentric star propellor is the most convenient application for these kind wings . all propellers considered here can be enhanced by substituting blades and wings with the vane arrays . as mentioned before ( p . 2 . 1 and p . 3 . 2 ), a rotopter pilot is able to turn a lift thrust of any propellor to any angle γ forward or back around its drive shaft axis ( fig6 ) with the control drives 10 ( fig1 ). for that it turns the normally still gear 57 to the angle 2γ ( for the flapping blade propellor ) and to the same angle γ ( for the gliding propellors of the wing or vane array type ). as we see ( fig6 ), when a propellor revolves with the velocity ω ( for instance , anti clockwise ) the thrust can be turned to any direction including forward , upward , even though downward ( we hope an automated control system shall not allow this deadly maneuver ). the same maneuvering freedom we have when the propellor revolves clockwise direction . based on this we can scrutinize a rotopter with four thrust propellors ( fig7 ). fore couple of propellors revolve anti clockwise direction while the aft couple of propellers revolve clockwise . if the rotopter is symmetrical then attributes “ fore ” and “ aft ” are conditional . this way of the propellors gyrating ensures higher stability of their interaction because the propellors turquoises m equilibrate each other . to keep stability the automatic control system should accelerate the propellor , near which the load g appears ( fig7 ), and decelerates the remote propellor observing rules : ( t 1 − r / 2 )· l = g ·( l + 1 ), ( 4 ) this way equalizes acting force moments and keeps the rotopter in a given working position . the fig9 illustrates rescue operations providing by a rotopter on a high - altitude building conflagration . conventional means are helpless here . no one helicopter can take people from firing premises and no one fire ladder can reach them . our rotopter makes it easy . this is why it can evacuate people many times in the nearest building on opposite side saving their lives . the same method can be realized with this type rotopter in storm operations by any armed forces . besides it can provide rescue and other type operations in mountains . even it can approach close by a sheer rock and take mountaineers on board or land them on small spot . various mounting and repairing acting can be done with this rotopter . 4 . 2 . rotopter body inclinations for adapting to any landscape or load . if lift thrust of each propellor is simultaneously changed on the same angle ( fig1 ) γ then the rotopter inclines its position on the same but opposite angle − γ giving itself opportunity to land on a sloping surface . for that the spike paws 63 rig the rotopter instead wheels or skids . the other exotic example is a special rotopter keeping it flying vertically to orient the same a pipe or a vessel ( fig1 ) which supposedly it will maintain after reaching a required position . a rotopter can take some object from horizontal position , fly up and land this object vertically or other way around . even cranes can not do these acts . to keep an object vertically the rotopter pilot should change directions of the propellor thrusts t and p as shown in fig1 . if b and r are gravity forces of the object and the rotopter then sum of vertical thrust components t y + p y should be no less than the sum b + r . also there must be observed the equation t x = p x and the moment equation : b · x 2 + r · x 1 = t x · y 2 − p x · y 1 . ( 5 ) it is satisfied by selecting or calculating the appropriate t and p values and also their inclinations γ t , γ p . because a rotopter keeps its propellors high enough and it can drive itself along a road , reducing and tilting its thrust , it can act in street emergency through landing , driving to emergency place taking people on board and evacuating them by fly up . special rigged rotopter can even evacuate whole accidental car in order to operate it in appropriate conditions . the thrust turning ability allows a rotopter to be amphibious . it can splashdown and navigate as a boat propelling itself with the same thrust propellors ( fig1 ). the great advantage of the rotopter - amphibious concludes in ability to float as long as it needs for an operation . a helicopter can not splash down . to hover it needs to consume fuel constantly . this is why its hovering time is limited . unlike of it the rotopter - amphibious does not consume fuel to support itself after splashdown . 5 . 1 . a rotopter of one thrust plant ( design , applications and maneuvering ). there can be made and used a rotopter rigged with a single thrust plant consisting of two side propellors as shown for a sleigh - rotopter ( fig1 ). it should have a reliable stable engine and propellors control system guaranteeing constancy of a thrust right value and direction . in this example the rotopter normally uses skids and its propellers to slide above snow as an air - sleigh . however , instead to skirt obstacles it flies ( jumps ) over it and then continues normal slip run . as we see , the total thrust is turned forward to get horizontal force component f overcoming the air resistance h and it is also increased to get the thrust vertical component u = g . rigging this type of the rotopter with a small service propeller 69 ( fig1 - 18 ) can markedly increase reliability and stability of the rotopter with a single couple of the propellors . the service propeller creates a small thrust force z that balances disrupting force moments and so keeps the rotopter in required state . we see in side , front and above rotopter views ( fig1 , 16 , 17 ) technique for right turning . the right propellor thrust t1 is turned anti clockwise with angle γ 1 giving the back horizontal force component f 1 whereas the left propeller thrust t 2 is turned clockwise with angle γ 2 giving the forwarded force component f 2 . opposite directed forces f 1 and f 2 and distanced with shoulder s form force moment turning the rotopter right . during rotopter turning the engine should be accelerated to get sum of the thrust vertical component &# 39 ; s u 1 + u 2 = g . the service propeller 69 ( fig1 ) allows also using the other turning technique which concludes in the propeller tilting to the turning side . so the rotopter can accomplish the same right turn by tilting the service propeller to right side . simultaneously the rotopter rolls ( banks ) right with increasing the left thrust t 2 so as the vertical line vv passes the gravity center c and the new total thrust center o . 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