This disclosure describes a vehicle configured and arranged to generate lift and drag using a plurality of lifting or control surfaces including a water-piercing hydrofoil disposed below said vehicle, and a method for real-time control of said lifting or control surfaces by controlling at least the hydrofoil with an actuator that is actuated responsive to measured input signals including forces on said hydrofoil.
Flying Craft with Realtime Controlled Hydrofoil
2019-02-28
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
IPC: | B63B Schiffe oder sonstige Wasserfahrzeuge , SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS / B60F VEHICLES FOR USE BOTH ON RAIL AND ON ROAD , Fahrzeuge für den Verkehr sowohl auf Schienen als auch auf Straßen / B63H Schiffsantrieb oder Steuerung der Schiffe , MARINE PROPULSION OR STEERING / B64C AEROPLANES , Flugzeuge |
Springer Verlag | 2012
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