AIRCRAFT Russian patent published in 2006 - IPC B64C9/00 

FIELD: aircraft manufacture.

SUBSTANCE: proposed aircraft is designed for transport purposes and for performing chemical tasks in farming and forestry. Aircraft has fuselage with low-set wing, tail unit, landing gear and engine. Parallel rails mounted in center section of fuselage in vertical plane are engageable with container rollers at spaced relation to hatch framing. Hatch is made in floor between load-bearing beams to which spars of low-set wing are secured. Rails are secured to frames whose lower parts are secured to wing panels by means of adjustable supports. Adjustable supports are made in form of rods with RH and LH threads. Locks secured to rails are engageable with container rollers and are controlled from pilot cabin for dropping the container by means of electric mechanism. Toxic agent container placed on rails has volume of 45±0.5% of aircraft takeoff weight at 2-h fuel capacity.

EFFECT: enhanced efficiency of aircraft for use in national economy.

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