AIRCRAFT Russian patent published in 1998 - IPC

FIELD: aviation. SUBSTANCE: aircraft has fuselage, cruise jet engine, two vertical take-off propulsors whose casings are located in nose fuselage and two vertical take-off propulsors whose casings are located in rear fuselage. Casing of each above-mentioned propulsor is made in form of air duct provided air intake and nozzle, propulsor control mechanisms, vertical and horizontal stabilizers with control surfaces, landing gear and aircraft control members. Cruise let engine is located in rear fuselage. Casing of each above-mentioned propulsor is made in form of three air ducts provided with nozzles and diffusers air intake with protective lattices. Two air ducts are provided with adjustable dampers. Propulsor control mechanisms are provided with drives which are kinematically linked with adjustable dampers of the air intakes. Nozzles of air ducts are turned relative to air intakes in vertical plane through angle of 90 deg. EFFECT: improved operational characteristics of aircraft. 4 cl, 13 dwg