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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 06, 2003
Filed:
May. 17, 1999
Applicant:
Inventor:
Philip James McGowan, Grayslake, IL (US);
Assignee:
Bombardier Motor Corporation of America, Grant, FL (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B63H 2/032 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B63H 2/032 ;
Abstract
The present invention, in one form, is a skeg having an airfoil shape which facilitates maintaining engine control even at high speed but does not adversely affect engine performance. In one embodiment, the skeg includes a fore end, an aft end, and opposing sidewalls extending from the fore end and the aft end. One sidewall includes a camber, or curved surface, and the outer surface of the other sidewall is flat, or planar.