CONVERTIBLE CRAFT Russian patent published in 2014 - IPC B60F5/02 

FIELD: transport.

SUBSTANCE: this craft comprises fuselage with cockpit and passenger cabin, rear screw plant, front and rear undercarriage wheels and release and retraction mechanisms, folding RH and LH wing planes and tail-end. The latter is jointed to fuselage by hinges. Fuselage has isolated compartments for mid engine, rear screw drives and rear undercarriage wheels. Nose compartment and two streamlined windows above cockpit for control and observation at takeoff and landing. Take-off-landing gear is arranged at fuselage centre and equipped with two retractable pairs of legs with wheels and damping props. The latter are arranged as-folded in lateral compartments between cockpit and passenger cabin. Skis as-folded are located in boxes ahead of wheels. Wing planes have leading and trailing struts, screw plants and engines located at the front of root sections. Wing planes and tail part with control tail unit can be folded by cable mechanisms for conversion into surface carrier.

EFFECT: motion over ground, water, ice and air.

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