AIRCRAFT CAPABLE OF HOVERING

摘要

PURPOSE: An airplane with a hovering function is provided to convert thermal gradient generated between the inside and outside of an exhaust duct to electrical energy with a seebeck effect by arranging a thermoelectric converting circuit in at least a part of the exhaust duct. CONSTITUTION: An airplane with a hovering function comprises a driving device, at least one exhaust duct(8), and a thermoelectric converting circuit(15). At least one exhaust duct is connected to a discharge port of the driving device to discharge exhaust gas from the airplane. The thermoelectric converting circuit converts thermal gradient to electrical energy with a seebeck effect. The thermal gradient is generated between the inside and outside of the exhaust duct by the flow of the exhaust gas. The thermoelectric converting circuit comprises a serial-parallel circuitry of thermoelectric modules for receiving the thermal gradient.