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AssigneeOrbital Australia Pty Ltd
InventorsGeoffrey Paul Cathcart, Stephen John Karay, Nicholas Coplin, John Howard Tubb, Callan Murray Bleechmore, Donald Andrew Railton, Mario Charles Muscat
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An unmanned aerial vehicle has an internal combustion engine, and a fuel and lubrication system comprising a fuelling system for fuelling the engine and a lubrication system for delivering lubricating oil to the engine. The fuelling system comprises a fuel reservoir from which fuel can be delivered to the engine. The fuel reservoir comprises a main tank and a header tank. The lubrication system comprises an oil tank. The oil tank is accommodated internally within the main tank to provide an integrated assembly. The arrangement provides for warming of lubrication oil for the UAV engine using several available heat sources. Further, the arrangement facilitates a configuration and layout intended to minimise or negate any undesirable moments of inertia for the UAV during flight as fuel and oil is consumed.
A fuel and lubrication system comprising a fuel reservoir, an oil reservoir, and an oil pump for delivery of oil from the oil reservoir to an engine, wherein the oil reservoir is accommodated internally within the fuel reservoir, wherein the oil pump comprises an electronic oil pump accommodated within the oil reservoir, and wherein the fuel reservoir comprises a main tank and a supplementary tank which can receive fuel from the main tank and from which fuel can be delivered to an engine.
A vehicle engine system comprising an internal combustion engine, a fuel system for fuelling the engine, and a lubrication system for delivering lubrication oil to the engine, the fuel system comprising a fuel reservoir, the lubrication system comprising an oil reservoir and an oil pump for delivery of oil from the oil reservoir to the engine, wherein the oil reservoir is accommodated internally within the fuel reservoir, wherein the oil reservoir is accommodated within the fuel reservoir, and wherein the fuel reservoir comprises a main tank and a supplementary tank which can receive fuel from the main tank and from which fuel can be delivered to the engine.
An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) comprising:
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