VERTICAL TAKE-OFF AND LANDING FLYING VEHICLE Russian patent published in 1999 - IPC

FIELD: aircraft manufacture. SUBSTANCE: flying vehicle includes fuselage with pilot and passenger cabins, landing gear and main landing gear, vertical and horizontal tail units, center-section wing and two wings made in form of pylons on which engine nacelles with engines are mounted; center-section wing has front and rear spars forming port to avoid creation of rarefied turbulent zone. Front spar has form of cylinder running inside fuselage which is used as axle of rotation of center-section wing relative to fuselage which may turn through angle of 90 to 120 deg. Wing is rigidly connected with center-section wing; rear spar is enclosed in fairing. In the lower port of fuselage there is well for retraction of above-mentioned fairing; main landing gear is located in rear section of engine nacelles and they are located in way of flight in aircraft mode of flight. Two versions are proposed: with turboprop and jet engines. EFFECT: reduction of drag; increased speed and flying range. 4 cl, 8 dwg