Joseph E Cantrell

US Patent:

8424797, Apr 23, 2013

Filed:

Oct 25, 2010

Appl. No.:

12/910971

Inventors:

Joseph Cantrell - Blue Ridge GA, US

International Classification:

B64C 37/02
B64D 5/00

US Classification:

244 2

Abstract:

An air-ground vehicle () has a fuselage body (), a propulsion system (), and a landing gear system. The body includes a passenger compartment () and a pair of wings (). The body also includes a central air channel () formed by a U-shaped channel wall () and a pivotal horizontal stabilizer (). Each wing also has a curved top surface (), a relatively flat bottom surface (), and an outboard end wall (). The U-shaped channel wall, top surface, and end walls form a pair of side air channels (). Each wing has a set of internal S-shaped louvers () positioned within an interior airflow channel () and directly adjacent an air opening () of the interior airflow channel. Each S-shaped louver has a U-shaped trough () extending to or into an inverted U-shaped crest (). Each adjacent pair of S-shaped louvers are spaced from each other to form an airflow gap () therebetween.