AERODYNAMIC VESSEL Russian patent published in 2000 - IPC

FIELD: shipbuilding; aerodynamic vessels with disk propulsors and disk cruise propulsors. SUBSTANCE: vessel has hull, main engine, cruise engine, control mechanisms and disk cruise engines, as well as vertical lift disk propulsors. Main reduction gear of power drive includes two twin bevel differential gears for driving the vertical lift propulsors; each of them has vertical housing where reduction gear is arranged. Upper and lower disks with smooth upper surfaces are fitted on driven vertical shafts. Lower surfaces have perforations of blind passages of round or square section which are inclined towards rotation of disks at angle relative to plane passing through center of rotation. Bottom of each passage is parallel to upper and lower surfaces of disks at equal opposite lateral surfaces of passages in longitudinal and transversal directions. Power drive of cruise disk propulsors is provided with linkage step-up clutches. Each cruise propulsor is provided with horizontal housing equipped with inlet and outlet nozzles. Driven shafts of inner reduction gear of cruise engine are provided with flat smooth fixed disks. Secured on each side of each fixed disk are longitudinally movable disks connected with their fixed disks. Vessel is also provided with vertical stabilizer with rudder. EFFECT: improved service characteristics. 42 dwg