SEAPLANE Russian patent published in 2002 - IPC

FIELD: naval aviation; building of rescue seaplanes. SUBSTANCE: seaplane has fuselage, turboprop engines and swept wings. Fuselage narrowing towards bottom has pallet escaping from it and widening upward. Size of wide portion of pallet exceeds that of narrow portion of fuselage. Laid between fuselage and pallet is spherical sealing gasket. Walls of fuselage and walls of pallet are interconnected by means of strips at distance from bottom equal to height of pellet. One strip has holes with right-hand thread and other strip has holes with left-hand thread. Screwed in threaded holes of strips are studs having tight-hand and left-hand threads at their ends. Heads of studs are fastened with spindles of power nut-drivers. Bodies of power nut- drivers are fitted on rods secured on fuselage strip. Power nut-drivers are connected with air selector by means of hoses; air selector is found on control console in pilot's cabin; air selector is also connected with turboprop engine compressor by means of hose. EFFECT: increased flying speed of seaplane through reduction of area of seaplane surface and reduced in-flight drag. 3 dwg