HOVERCRAFT Russian patent published in 2001 - IPC

FIELD: shipbuilding. SUBSTANCE: hovercraft has hull, supercharger with steering gear, air cushion area guard with fore and aft members and side skegs. Craft has special member dividing air cushion area into left-hand and right hand chambers. This member is made in form of flexible air duct with longitudinal fin in lower part. Flexible air duct is divided by longitudinal diaphragm into left-hand and right-hand sections which are connected with supercharger. Holes are made in walls of flexible air duct adjacent to air cushion chambers. Each section of flexible air duct communicates with corresponding chamber of air cushion through these holes. EFFECT: increased efficiency of craft with provision of its effective movement on rough terrains. 2 dwg