無人機「秒變」潛水艇

波音公司申請新專利：無人機「秒變」潛水艇

原始資料來源：

http://news.sina.com.tw/article/20150818/14981694.html

人：波音公司

事：「快速部署的水空兩棲飛機」的專利，成為可變身水下潛艇的遠程遙控無人機

時：2015

地：美國專利商標局(US Patent and Trademark Office)

物：這種申請專利的無人機由一架主飛機運入部署區域，后經遠程遙控脫離主飛機自行前飛，必要時會潛入水中。入水時，雙翼和螺旋槳藉助爆炸螺栓和水溶膠脫離飛機，以減輕重量和優化其水動力特性；同時無人機展開新的操縱面和螺旋槳

摘要：

無人機入水后可部署其負載的物資或武器，還可用於水下偵探，通過機上的壓載水艙來控制潛下的水深。水下任務完成後，它浮出水面將其收集的數據傳給其它遙控飛機或傳回指揮中心。

專利文件中稱此飛機「兼適於空中和水下飛行：空中模式下飛機配備雙翼、穩定器和兩套同軸的螺旋槳葉(第一套推動飛行)，至少一組附件將第一套槳葉連接到飛機上；轉換為水下模式后，第二套螺旋槳葉負責推動，那些附件將第一套槳葉從飛機上脫離」。

Note:
We finds a patent applied by Boeing Company from 1997. The said patent is not the aforementioned patent for UAV transferring to submarine from the Sina news.
The Boeing Company uses submarine to launch UAV with  rotor means stored in said body and self-deployable to an exposed position. 
The patent as follows: 

Submarine launched unmanned aerial vehicle 
US 5615847 A

ABSTRACT

A submarine launched unmanned aerial vehicle comprises an elongated genery cylindrically-shaped body. Tail fins are stored in the body and are self-deployable to extend outwardly from the body. A booster motor is fixed to an aft end of the body and is self-releasable from the body. A propeller is disposed at the aft end of the body and is self-deployable to an exposed position at the aft end of the body after release of the booster motor. A propulsion motor is mounted in the body and is operative to drive the propeller. Rotors are stored in the body and are self-deployable to an exposed position wherein the rotors provide lift to the vehicle.