A wingless aircraft has an elongated fuselage with a nose and an aft end. The fuselage encompasses an air duct, and this air duct has a main portion extending rearwardly from a frontal inlet in the nose and dividing into a first branch that extends laterally to a side outlet and a second branch that extends longitudinally through the fuselage to an aft outlet. Substantially all of the lateral cross-sectional area of this nose is the inlet of the main portion, with the first branch being substantially larger than the second branch. Air-propelling means are mounted within the main portion, and controllable air-deflecting vanes are mounted within the outlets.


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    Title :

    U.S. Patent Specifications



    Publication date :

    1960-04-01


    Size :

    1 pages




    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English



    U.S. Patent Specifications

    Emerald Group Publishing | 1959


    U.S. Patent Specifications

    Emerald Group Publishing | 1959


    U.S. Patent Specifications

    Emerald Group Publishing | 1959


    U.S. Patent Specifications

    Emerald Group Publishing | 1958


    U.S. Patent Specifications

    Emerald Group Publishing | 1957