VEHICLES COMPRISING AIR CUSHIONS

The present invention relates to vehicles comprising pressurized fluid cushions and more particularly to the means for controlling steering of the latter. The means for controlling steering are formed by vents (EV) supplied by withdrawing pressurized air from one of two lateral regions of the diffusion chamber (D) of the vehicle defined on either side of the longitudinal axis of the latter. The vents (EV) eject air in a direction having at least one component directed from the lateral withdrawal region towards the opposite region. Apart from the direct effect (F(EV)) due to the air ejected by the vents, this particular arrangement creates a jet reaction (F(R)) and a hydrodynamic drag and when travelling on the ground, a frictional drag. (Figure 2).