"AIRPLANE  THE  PLATFORM".  Configuration  of  an  airplane  with  the  expanded  range  of  working  speeds.  The  short  take-off  and  landing.  A  compact  and  rigid  design.  Universal  modular  application.  The first step of space start.

Shulga V.I.

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The basic concept.

It is proposed, to build airplanes with forced ventilation of the upper wing surface by the scheme of a low-wing monoplane, instead of a high-wing monoplane as it is accepted (An-72, An-74, etc.). Such solution will allow to refuse basically a fuselage as such, - as a voluminous carrying structure. In this case, the airplane will represent a compact, rigid - "flying platform" (fig.1).

Fig.1.

Thus, it will be possible to build more load-lifting machines or to increase load ratio of freight aeroplanes of already existing categories. The freight can be tightened directly on the such platform and to cover with the aerodynamic hood which is not carrying force loading.

The further development.

To dispose engines in chessboard order on the wing expanded longitudinally. Here engines of the subsequent lines will pick up - push a surface stream further. An alternative version is tandem wings. The overall objective of these versions is to increase longitudinal stability of flight on low speeds.

Remarks.

Probably, for compensation of the torquing moments, carrying surfaces need to obtain the swept forward. It seems expedient to add controlled nozzles with overwing sliding lattices, for the best diffluence of the jet on the wing surface.

History of the question in pictures (fig.2).

Space start.

As the second step it is expedient to use a stratoplane with ramjet engines (fig.3).

Fig.3.

Basically, landing of the shuttle can be realised also aboard of a flying platform which can not only passively but also actively to pick up the landed vehicle (to taxi up under it).