A new way to generate lift.
Without disclosing the actual concept, this serves as an introduction to an invention that will have a strategic effect on the future of both high speed amphibious aircraft and high-speed water travel.
Patent pending.
This innovative method of generating lift with a wing or blade has not been found published to date, and two provisional patent applications and an application with the International Patent Convention Treaty have been filed.
The invention essentially replaces hydrofoils as we know them and provides a high lift, low drag blade that could be used in many applications, including the following:
- High Speed Hydrofoils
- Boat Propellers
- Pumps and Turbines
These blades essentially eliminate the sudden loss of lift due to flow delamination on the top (or low pressure) surface. This delamination can be caused by inertial cavitation or surface venting.
Tests in water have been extremely successful. These blades are very different from conventional hydrofoils, supercavitating hydrofoils or base vented hydrofoils, and can produce lift at extremely high speeds with a fraction of the friction.
Working Prototype.
To evaluate the blades, a prototype aircraft (UAV) has been built and tested with outstanding success. The aircraft can take off from and alight on water using these blades, proving the concept, that with retractable blades this technology can introduce a new chapter in aviation by accomplishing the following three goals:
- Allow an amphibious aircraft of any size to be much lighter than previously possible.
- Allow an amphibious aircraft to take off from and alight on water at speeds much higher than previously possible, in conditions much rougher than previously possible.
- Produce absolutely no drag in flight that can inhibit the speed of the aircraft (it could potentially be applied to supersonic and stealth aircraft).
The invention theoretically allows the safe deployment of amphibious aircraft of any size and speed range, from light-sport to corporate jet, or passenger airliner to military transport and supersonic aircraft.
The ramifications of this are obviously extensive, ranging from taking off and landing on the Hudson River in an executive jet, to getting marines or rescue personnel and equipment to a foreign shore in a fraction of the time currently possible.