VEHICLE Russian patent published in 1999 - IPC

FIELD: transport engineering; multipurpose cross-country vehicles such as snowplanes, aeromobiles and special purpose aircraft. SUBSTANCE: vehicle has cabin, engine, propeller and skis. It has at least one additional cabin arranged in parallel at a distance from above-indicated cabin, and airfoil surfaces installed between two neighboring cabins. Part of these surfaces is provided with devices for changing aerodynamic air lift. These surfaces can be installed for use as support surfaces. Vehicle can be furnished with load platform behind the cabin. Vehicle can be equipped, in addition to skis, with wheels and/or floats of streamlined shape. Airfoil surfaces can be made in form of wing or wings with devices for setting them in operating position and/or increasing size of wing surfaces to value required for lifting and flying of vehicle. EFFECT: enhanced performance of vehicle. 5 cl, 3 dwg