Counter-Rotating Turbine VTOL Thrust for Stable Horizontal Flight
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) machines require complex maneuvers and specialized training for horizontal flight stability, posing safety risks and operational challenges due to moving propellers and engine failures.
Innovation Solution
A vertical take-off and landing flying machine with electric drive utilizing coaxial, counter-rotating multi-blade turbines that maintain horizontal stability through air compression and ejection systems, eliminating the need for leaning and simplifying control with gyroscopic stabilization and stepper motors.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If conventional VTOL machines use moving propellers and complex maneuvers for horizontal flight, then they can achieve flight capability, but they require specialized training and pose safety risks
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces conventional mechanical propeller systems with a compressed air ejection system. Linear compressors compress atmospheric air, and the compressed air is ejected through nozzles to generate thrust. This substitution eliminates moving propellers during operation, reducing mechanical complexity and safety risks while maintaining flight capability.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent employs pneumatic principles by using linear compressors to compress atmospheric air and storing it under pressure. The compressed air is then ejected through nozzles to produce thrust for horizontal flight. This pneumatic system replaces traditional mechanical propulsion, simplifying control and improving safety by eliminating rotating propellers.
2Stability of the object's composition
If VTOL machines use complex maneuvers to maintain horizontal stability, then they can achieve flight control, but specialized training is required
Solution Approach 1:
The patent changes the operational parameters by using independently controllable linear compressors that can adjust compressed air flow rates and ejection angles. This allows precise control of thrust vectors to maintain horizontal stability without requiring complex pilot maneuvers or specialized training, as the system actively stabilizes itself through parameter adjustment.
3Power
If VTOL machines use conventional engine systems, then they can generate thrust, but engine failures pose safety risks
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces conventional internal combustion engines or turbine systems with linear compressors that compress and eject atmospheric air. This substitution eliminates fuel storage, combustion processes, and complex mechanical moving parts, thereby reducing the risk of engine failures while maintaining effective thrust generation capability.
Solution Approach 2:
The linear compressors draw atmospheric air directly from the environment, eliminating the need for fuel storage and complex fuel delivery systems. The system uses ambient resources (atmospheric air) to generate thrust, reducing mechanical complexity and potential failure points associated with conventional engine systems.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
Ensures total horizontal stability during all flight phases, simplifies control, reduces safety risks, and enhances operational reliability by minimizing propeller threats and engine failures, allowing untrained operators to maneuver safely.
Implementation Method 1
sucking atmospheric air into the space created between the coaxial-seated multi-blade turbines, upper and lower, rotating counter-rotating and discharging it outwards under the machine... The air accumulated under pressure in the air compression space thus created
Implementation Method 2
The air accumulated under pressure in the air compression space thus created is ejected outside the outer ring through the drive nozzles built into it around the perimeter in order to obtain the desired thrust for horizontal flight
Implementation Method 3
coaxial, counter-rotating multi-blade turbines that maintain horizontal stability through air compression and ejection systems, eliminating the need for leaning and simplifying control with gyroscopic stabilization
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AI summary
The method of obtaining both, lifting force and thrust, required for horizontal flight of the vertical take-off and landing flying machine while maintaining horizontal flight stability of the machine which is realized due to suction atmospheric air to the inner cavity formed between coaxial mounted, multi-blade turbines (2, 18), the top and the bottom, which are counter-rotating relatively to each other, and remove the air outside under the machine; the conical turbines are mounted with the direction of wider, circular bases facing in front of them and which are mounted on the double-sided fixed bearings (4, 16) alongside the contour edge of the external ring (12), which is mounted using the distance spacers (13) form the inner side to the central housing (6) which is formed with the conical shape and which is the base where the both turbines (2, 18) are mounted using linear drives from the side of their smaller bases. The air which is accumulated under the pressure at such inner cavity is removed outside of the external ring (12) using drive nozzles (15A, 15B, 15C, 15D), which are installed circumferentially at the inner ring, to achieve thrust required for the horizontal flight or stabilization nozzles (14A, 14B), which are used to maintain required rotational stabilization of the central ring (6). The subject of the invention is also the machine used to achieve this way.