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US 10,538,322 B2Granted
Delta fuselage for vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) aircraft
AssigneeSikorsky Aircraft Corporation
InventorsMark R. Alber, Charles Gayagoy
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Abstract
A vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) aircraft is provided. The aircraft includes a wing, nacelles supportively disposed at opposite ends of the wing, proprotors respectively attached to each of the nacelles with each of the proprotors being rotatable to generate lift in vertical flight and thrust in horizontal flight and a delta-wing shaped fuselage disposed along the wing between the nacelles.
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A vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) aircraft, comprising:
- a wing;
- nacelles supportively disposed at opposite sides of the wing;
- proprotors respectively attached to each of the nacelles with each of the proprotors being rotatable to generate lift in vertical flight and thrust in horizontal flight;
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- a delta-wing shaped fuselage disposed along the wing between the nacelles, wherein a cross-section of the delta-wing shaped fuselage flattens toward a trailing edge.
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A vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) aircraft, comprising:
- a delta-wing shaped fuselage, wherein a cross-section of the delta-wing shaped fuselage flattens toward a trailing edge;
- first and second wings each including a wing portion extending outwardly from a side of the fuselage and a winglet extending outwardly from a distal tip of the wing portion;
- nacelles respectively disposed at the respective distal tips of the wing portions;
- and proprotors respectively attached to each of the nacelles with each of the proprotors being rotatable to generate lift in vertical flight and thrust in horizontal flight.
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