DEVICE FOR CONCEALING AIR INTAKES ON FLYING APPARATUS Russian patent published in 2009 - IPC F41H3/00 

FIELD: aviation.

SUBSTANCE: invention pertains to the field of camouflage and may be used for carrying out measures to conceal flying apparatus for military purposes from devices using radio locators and optical or visual reconnaissance by the enemy. The device contains internal and external cover for air intakes, made from fiberglass with a thickness of (0.8-1.5 mm), and located between the covers from the structural foam with a thickness in the order of 15 mm. The light-emitting covering on the interior walls of the channels of the air intakes is visible from the outside and is adjacent to the internal covering made from fiberglass, executed in the form of a multiple layer matrix, each element consists of successively arranged layers with the first layer made from thin-film wire, the first layer of organic film, the layer passes the luminescent polymer, the second layer is an organic film and there is a layer of the second transparent thin-film wire. The device has a serially combined gauge for measuring background light during day, orientated in the direction opposite that of the emission of the air intakes, and the onboard power source with a regulated current.

EFFECT: provides concealment of air intakes simultaneously from radiolocation and visual range of light waves.

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