GAS CUSHION VEHICLE Russian patent published in 2009 - IPC B60V1/08 

FIELD: transport industry.

SUBSTANCE: invention relates to gas cushion vehicles and deals with winged surface-effect vehicle construction. Gas cushion vehicle has flexible seal, control cabin, passenger compartment, power energy combined cycle gas turbine plant with power combined cycle gas turbine, empennage with propellers, air fan, air compressor, vacuum compressor, power take-off assembly for its transmission to vehicle propeller, combustion chamber, peripheral slot nozzle for creation of gas cushion at launching and landing, feed water heater, condenser of mixing type, water cooler, feed-water tank, circulation circuit of neutral gas that includes connected between themselves ballonets located in structural frame sections in the lower part of vehicle bearing body along bearing body periphery and under its bottom. Vehicle is characterised by the following: aerodynamic vehicle bearing body is performed in a form of low aspect wing acting as wing and fuselage at the same time. At the lower part along bearing body periphery and under the bottom there is air cushion connected with air fan exhaust pipe. Air cushion outer cover is made of elastic gas-barrier material and protected by flexible guard mesh that prevents air cushion extension over bearing body lower part perimetres and provides return of air cushion outer cover back to bearing body lower part perimetre limits after discharge of heated compressed air from it. Under bearing body bottom there is single support point for vehicle dropping after landing on solid ground after discharge of heated compressed air from air cushion outer cover.

EFFECT: invention permits to decrease power expenditure for gas cushion creation, increase of load bearing capacity, flight range, speed and height of vehicle flight, decrease specific fuel consumption at power energy plant during vehicle operation and eliminate environmental hazard of vehicle gaseous discharges.

16 cl, 3 dwg