Introducing Rotorplane
Invention "Rotoplane and Technique of its Flight Control"
AUTHOR Vitaliy S.Morozov - Email:
morozov@stepanych.spb.su
Rotoplane is relevant to aviation and can be used for individual flights
in atmosphere. Rotoplane contains the frame consisting of rods 1, 2, 3, 4,
5 in the upper part of which there is a blade rotor 8 mounted vertically
with the rotation possibility.
The rudder 12 is connected with the rotoplane and mounted on the bar 11
which is fixed to the bush 10 having a possibility of controlled rotation
through the kinematic chain with the control handle 13. Rotoplane has at
least one flexible linkage 17 for supporting the pilot 19 in the hanging
position near the frame at a certain distance from it and provides for any
position of the pilot suspended on this flexible linkage and possibility
of his movement in any direction for the rotoplane control.
Rotoplane may be used either with jets 9 or without them. The pilot 19,
using the control handles 13, 14 starts the jets 9 and after the
calculated number of rotation increases the blade pitch and fuel inflow
with the handle 14 trough the kinematic chain of mechanism 15 used for 8
blades pitch changing (kinematic control chains are not shown on the
drawings). After stretching of the flexible linkage 17 the pilot 19 can
control the rotor position by applying hands on rods 1, 2, 3, of the
frame. Further the pilot 19 makes a take- off.
During the flight the pilot 19 control the flight with force actions of
hands on rods 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 of the frame. Deviating from the balanced
position to any direction, the pilot 19 thus moves the gravity center of
the "rotoplan-pilot" system. The resulting horizontal component of forces
affecting the rotoplane during the flight moves the rotoplane towards the
gravity center deviation.During the flight the pilot 19 switches off jets
9 and changes the blade pitch with the help of mechanism 15 by amount
providing for the steady autorotation of the rotor and continues the
flight in gliding mode.
The landing is performed by the pilot 19 against the wind by canceling the
horizontal speed at a low altitude with the help of a sharp increase of
the rotor angle of attack, the vertical speed is canceled by the pilot 19
at a low altitude by increasing the pitch of blades 8 with mechanism 15 of
blade pitch change - simultaneously it stops the rotor rotation.
Besides, the rotoplane can be used for the take-off from the mountain
slope without jets or with jets switched off in presence of wind. For the
purpose the pilot places the rotoplane on the mountain slope, fixes the
flexible linkage 17 to the bracket 16 and waits for the upcoming air flow
near mountain slope to drive the autorotating propeller up to the
calculated rotation number and than, by holding the rotoplane with frame
rods 1 and 2, he makes a take-off from the place at a strong wind or by
taking a few steps downhill at light air.
The rotoplane can be used for gliding flights in upcoming air flows. The
rotoplane has aerodynamic properties at the level of the best hang-glider
but unlike them it has no dangerous mode of a diving flight.
Vitaliy.S.Morozov
Russia 1975 & 1984
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Russia 1975
Norilsk, mountain Putorany, 70 degree North Latitude,
winter 1975, 20 degree below 0 in Celsium. This is me. |
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Russia summer 1984
Leningrad region, river Plussa.
Me and my exsperimental work about rotoplane. |
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