GB2266873A - Aircraft with detachable cargo container. - Google Patents
Aircraft with detachable cargo container. Download PDFInfo
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- GB2266873A GB2266873A GB9210275A GB9210275A GB2266873A GB 2266873 A GB2266873 A GB 2266873A GB 9210275 A GB9210275 A GB 9210275A GB 9210275 A GB9210275 A GB 9210275A GB 2266873 A GB2266873 A GB 2266873A
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B64—AIRCRAFT; AVIATION; COSMONAUTICS
- B64C—AEROPLANES; HELICOPTERS
- B64C39/00—Aircraft not otherwise provided for
- B64C39/02—Aircraft not otherwise provided for characterised by special use
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B64—AIRCRAFT; AVIATION; COSMONAUTICS
- B64C—AEROPLANES; HELICOPTERS
- B64C39/00—Aircraft not otherwise provided for
- B64C39/06—Aircraft not otherwise provided for having disc- or ring-shaped wings
- B64C39/068—Aircraft not otherwise provided for having disc- or ring-shaped wings having multiple wings joined at the tips
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B64—AIRCRAFT; AVIATION; COSMONAUTICS
- B64D—EQUIPMENT FOR FITTING IN OR TO AIRCRAFT; FLIGHT SUITS; PARACHUTES; ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF POWER PLANTS OR PROPULSION TRANSMISSIONS IN AIRCRAFT
- B64D9/00—Equipment for handling freight; Equipment for facilitating passenger embarkation or the like
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Abstract
An aircraft, such as a cargo aircraft, has a fuselage section (13) which is detachable/demountable/dischargable so that the remainder of the aircraft can be used to fly laden or unladen (as figure 9) to another destination while the removed fuselage section/road haulage trailer is towed away to the terminus etc., or onto the open road as a normal rigid box trailer for unloading at a subsequent destination. Section (13) may be releasable in flight. The trailer/cargo container (13) is mounted and releasably attached to the aircraft, by some means of attachment at the mounting bay (11) and attachment points (18) under the rear wing, not shown. The aircraft has forward swept rear wings (3) above rearward swept front wings (2), with jet engines (4, 5) mounted between the overlapping wing tips. <IMAGE>
Description
CONTAINERISED AIR FREIGHT AND CARGO SYSTEM
This invention relates to an air cargo and freight vehicle with a detachable, demountable and/or dischargeable cargo fuselage section designed to carry a selection of gaseous, solid or liquid bulk materials, a variety of manufactured goods, or personnel in safety.
Aeroplanes and aircraft are well known vehicles comprising a wing or a series of wings, a main fuselage, dynamic control and stability surfaces and their relevant control and actuating systems. They have the ability to take off and land at designated airfields, and any other stretch of terrain deemed suitable for such an operation, and the ability to carry specified weights and volumes between such airfields. The wings may be straight edged, swept back or swept forward and conform to a known special profile.
According to the present invention the aircraft comprises of a multi-functional cargo and a freight aircraft consisting of a main flight cabin, a detachable, demountable and/or dischargeable flight cargo and road haulage container with a series of forward swept upper rear and rearward swept lower front wings, a series of power plant units (2 or 4 aviation engines), configured to connect the front and rear wings together, and a rearmost rudder or tailplane arrangement.
The invention may also utilise aircraft with a single pair of rearward swept wings with a standard tail plane configuration.
The detachable, demountable and/or dischargeable flight cargo and road haulage container shall be designed for placement and/or removal at a designated airfield (or other stretch of terrain deemed suitable for such an operation) allowing the aircraft to subsequently fly unladen or re-laden to further destinations. The container shall be mounted onto the aircraft and secured by some means of attachment and release (not shown). The container may be designed to be capable of sliding off the mounting location points when released. The container may be designed such that it's use subsequent to demounting the aircraft may be as a road haulage vehicle (self powered or towed); a railway vehicle (self powered or towed); a cargo ship container; a personnel carrier; an armoured vehicle or a seafaring vessel.In addition the container may be designed for use as a storage vessel capable of release from the aircraft during flight and subsequent immersion in sea water.
The variety and scope of the invention is best described by illustrated examples, as shown in the accompanying drawings.
The first example is of an air cargo plane with a container designed for use as a storage vessel capable of release during flight and subsequent immersion in sea water (e.g hazardous waste disposal), where;
Figure 9 shows in perspective, the aircraft viewed from above and one side, unladen.
Figure 10 shows in perspective, the aircraft viewed from above and one side fully laden with the disposable container.
Figure 11 represents the view from one side, unladen.
Figure 12 represents the view from above, unladen.
Figure 13 represents the view from one side, fully laden.
Referring to the drawings, figures 9 to 13, the aircraft comprises a main flight cabin (1), a flight cargo container (13) with some means of attachment and release (not shown), a forward swept upper rear wing (3), a rearward swept lower front wing (2) connected to the outer power plants (4) and (5), additional inner power plants (10), with the undercarriage and landing gear placed under (not shown), front wing control surfaces (6), rear wing control surfaces (7), a tail section (8) and a rudder (9).
In this example, the aircraft is designed to be used for the disposal of hazardous material, where the container (13) is to be disposed of by discharging it, during flight, into sea water.
The container (13) is mounted onto the aircraft, secured by some means of attachment (not shown) at both the forward mounting bay (11) and the rear mounting supports (12).
This can either be carried out a local airfield where the container is brought up by road haulage, or an air strip located on site, where safety necessitates isolation for the protection of the local environment.
The aircraft can then fly to a designated area over the sea, at a certain altitude, release the cargo container (13) which then slides off the mounting bay (11) into the sea.
The container hits the water surface and submerges to the bottom of the sea.
After completing this task, the aircraft can then return to base ready for the next assignment.
In the second example, the aircraft is designed as a trailer/cargo container transporter where;
Figure 1 shows in perspective, the aircraft viewed from above and one side, fully laden.
Figure 2 shows in perspective the aircraft viewed from above and one side, unladen.
Figure 3 represents the view from one side laden with road haulage trailer.
Figure 4 represents the view from one side laden with cargo container.
Figure 5 represents the view from one side unladen.
Figure 6 represents the view from front.
Figure 7 represents the view from above, unladen.
Figure 8 represents the view from above, fully laden.
Referring to the drawings, figures 1 to 8, the aircraft comprises a similar design arrangement to the previous example, with the difference being in the flight cargo container, designed as a road haulage trailer(15)/cargo container(14) where it can be mounted on, released or discharged from the aircraft, acting independently.
The method of operation is to link road freight directly with air transport by offering a similar haulage arrangement to that of commercial road transport, where a truck pulls a trailer to an airfield and releases it. The trailer (15) is then mounted and locked in position to the aircraft, by some means of attachment at the mounting bay (11) and attachment points(18) under the rear wing (not shown).
The aircraft shall have its own landing gear arrangement, additionally the trailers own wheels can be adapted for suitability for road use and landing. The aircraft can then fly to a destination, land, release the trailer (15), be reloaded or fly unladen to further locations, while the trailer is towed to the terminus, or on to the open road as a normal rigid box trailer for unloading at a subsequent destination.
Claims (11)
1 A multi-functional cargo and freight aircraft consisting of a main flight cabin, a detachable, demountable and/or dischargeable flight cargo and road haulage container with a series of forward swept upper rear and rearward swept lower front wings, configured to connect the power plant required for the payload scale and the rearmost upward rudder or tailplane arrangement.
2 As claim '1' with the wing arrangement being configured as a standard cargo container aircraft, with a single pair of rearward swept wings and a standard tailplane configuration.
3 As claims '1' and '2' with the detachable flight cargo container being suitable for towing on the open road as a normal rigid box type trailer.
4 As claims '1', '2' and '3' with the detachable flight cargo container being suitable for railway haulage.
5 As claims '1', '2' and '3' with the detachable flight cargo container being suitable for stowage within or on the hold of a seafaring vessel.
6 As claims '1' and '2' with the container being suitable for release and discharge from the aircraft during flight mode.
7 As claims '1z, '2' and '6' with the releasable container being capable of successfully impacting sea water from altitude and surviving any depth of water pressure for a specified time span.
8 As claims '1' and '2' with the cargo container being equipped as a personnel carrier with or without armour plating.
9 As claims '1' and '2' with the cargo container being equipped as an early warning relay station.
10 As claims 2', ' ' 2 '4', '4' ' 5' , ' 6' ' 7' and '8' with the aircraft container being capable of self powered and guided forward and reverse motion.
11 As claims ' 1 ' ' 2 ' , ' 3 ' , ' 4 ' 5 ' , ' 6 ' ' 7 ' '8', '9' and '10' with the aircraft being capable of flight with and without the laden or unladen cargo and haulage container.
Priority Applications (1)
| Application Number | Priority Date | Filing Date | Title |
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| GB9210275A GB2266873A (en) | 1992-05-13 | 1992-05-13 | Aircraft with detachable cargo container. |
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| Application Number | Priority Date | Filing Date | Title |
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| GB9210275A GB2266873A (en) | 1992-05-13 | 1992-05-13 | Aircraft with detachable cargo container. |
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| GB9210275D0 GB9210275D0 (en) | 1992-07-01 |
| GB2266873A true GB2266873A (en) | 1993-11-17 |
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| GB9210275A Withdrawn GB2266873A (en) | 1992-05-13 | 1992-05-13 | Aircraft with detachable cargo container. |
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| GB2441613A (en) * | 2007-07-26 | 2008-03-12 | Chao Shu Au | Aircraft storage cell and ejection arrangement |
| FR2936490A1 (en) * | 2008-09-30 | 2010-04-02 | Airbus France | Airplane i.e. twin-engined airplane, has airfoil provided with upper wing and lower wing, and engines respectively and symmetrically carried by opposite distal ends of upper and lower wings with respect to fuselage |
| FR2943618A1 (en) * | 2009-03-25 | 2010-10-01 | Michel Destouches | Cabin-door airplane assembly e.g. civil aviation, has autonomous passenger cabin arranged from rear part toward front part and from bottom side toward top side in fuselage of airplane part constituting complete airplane at time of flight |
| US7841559B1 (en) | 2006-02-16 | 2010-11-30 | Mbda Incorporated | Aerial vehicle with variable aspect ratio deployable wings |
| FR2989063A1 (en) * | 2012-04-05 | 2013-10-11 | Airbus Operations Sas | DISSOCIABLE COUPLING METHOD BETWEEN A PROPULSION MODULE AND A TRANSPORT MODULE OF AN AIRCRAFT AND MODULAR PLANE OF IMPLEMENTATION |
| CN105564633A (en) * | 2015-10-22 | 2016-05-11 | 龙川 | Wing flap lift enhancement type joined-wing airplane with approximately horizontal rotation propellers |
| WO2020040671A1 (en) * | 2018-08-19 | 2020-02-27 | Hernadi Andras | Methods for improvements of the closed wing aircraft concept and corresponding aircraft configurations |
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| GB636536A (en) * | 1946-10-11 | 1950-05-03 | Miles Aircraft Ltd | Improvements in and relating to aircraft |
| US4365773A (en) * | 1979-04-11 | 1982-12-28 | Julian Wolkovitch | Joined wing aircraft |
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| Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
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| GB636536A (en) * | 1946-10-11 | 1950-05-03 | Miles Aircraft Ltd | Improvements in and relating to aircraft |
| US4365773A (en) * | 1979-04-11 | 1982-12-28 | Julian Wolkovitch | Joined wing aircraft |
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| Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US7841559B1 (en) | 2006-02-16 | 2010-11-30 | Mbda Incorporated | Aerial vehicle with variable aspect ratio deployable wings |
| GB2441613A (en) * | 2007-07-26 | 2008-03-12 | Chao Shu Au | Aircraft storage cell and ejection arrangement |
| GB2441613B (en) * | 2007-07-26 | 2008-09-03 | Chao Shu Au | Aircraft storage and ejection arrangement |
| FR2936490A1 (en) * | 2008-09-30 | 2010-04-02 | Airbus France | Airplane i.e. twin-engined airplane, has airfoil provided with upper wing and lower wing, and engines respectively and symmetrically carried by opposite distal ends of upper and lower wings with respect to fuselage |
| FR2943618A1 (en) * | 2009-03-25 | 2010-10-01 | Michel Destouches | Cabin-door airplane assembly e.g. civil aviation, has autonomous passenger cabin arranged from rear part toward front part and from bottom side toward top side in fuselage of airplane part constituting complete airplane at time of flight |
| FR2989063A1 (en) * | 2012-04-05 | 2013-10-11 | Airbus Operations Sas | DISSOCIABLE COUPLING METHOD BETWEEN A PROPULSION MODULE AND A TRANSPORT MODULE OF AN AIRCRAFT AND MODULAR PLANE OF IMPLEMENTATION |
| CN105564633A (en) * | 2015-10-22 | 2016-05-11 | 龙川 | Wing flap lift enhancement type joined-wing airplane with approximately horizontal rotation propellers |
| WO2020040671A1 (en) * | 2018-08-19 | 2020-02-27 | Hernadi Andras | Methods for improvements of the closed wing aircraft concept and corresponding aircraft configurations |
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| GB9210275D0 (en) | 1992-07-01 |
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