Abstract: A fixed-wing VTOL aircraft features a forward-swept wing configuration coupled with a tripod arrangement of the engines (two forward, one rear), a forward-swept empennage or tail assembly, and a forward canard. The engines and wings/empennage are located relative to each other such that the engine outlet nozzles, which pivot downwardly to provide lift-off thrust, are minimally covered by the wings/empennage, if at all. The wings and empennage may include lifting fans to supplement lift and provide pitch and/or roll control.
Assignee:
Zakrytoe Actsionernoe Obshchestvo “Otdelenie morskikh
sistem OKB im. P.O. Sukhogo”
Inventors:
Mikhail P. Simonov, Viktor I. Merkulov, Yury L. Ivanov, Konstantin K. Marbashev, Aleksandr Y. Maranov, Anatoly S. Klyagin, Leonid G. Chernov
Inventors:
Vladimir I. Antonov, Leonid I. Bondarenko, Georgy S. Bjushgens, Evgeny A. Ivanov, Stanislay T. Kashafutdinov, Artem A. Kolchin, Vitaly G. Mikeladze, Valery A. Nikolaenko, Oleg S. Samoilovich, Mikhail P. Simonov, Leonid G. Chernov, Georgy L. Yakimov
Inventors:
Vladimir P. Babak, Nikolai N. Venediktov, Mikhail V. Guschin, Valery A. Ivanov, Jury V. Ivashechkin, Igor B. Movchanovsky, Oleg S. Samoilovich, Leonid G. Chernov, Vyacheslav M. Lebdev