HIGH-SPEED FLYING VEHICLE WITH DEVICE FOR EMERGENCY LANDING ON WATER SURFACE Russian patent published in 1999 - IPC

FIELD: aviation. SUBSTANCE: flying vehicle includes fuselage with compartments for passengers, cargo and equipment, wings and engine, extensible landing gear and technological openings in lower surface of fuselage. Device for emergency landing includes shafts which are kinematically interconnected and are mainly located above each other in nose section. Cloth with protective film wound in roll is secured on lower shaft. Edges of this cloth are connected with pulleys of drive in tail section located on either side of fuselage by means of ropes. End of protective film is secured on upper shaft. Width of cloth ensures covering of all technological openings on lower surface of fuselage when it gets in contact with cloth and flying vehicle is afloat on water surface. Cloth may be made from material easily deformable under action of force, for example, from rolled capron. Surface of cloth which gets in contact with fuselage is coated with adhesive. EFFECT: enhanced efficiency in landing on water surface. 2 cl, 3 dwg