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US 10,870,485 B2Granted
Multicopter with wide span rotor configuration
AssigneeKitty Hawk Corporation
InventorsTodd Reichert, Cameron Robertson
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Abstract
A multicopter aircraft with a wide span rotor configuration is disclosed. In various embodiments, a multicopter as disclosed herein includes a fuselage and a plurality of rotors. The plurality of rotors includes inner rotors and outer rotors, with the inner rotors being substantially surrounded by the outer rotors or the fuselage. The inner rotors and the outer rotors may be tilted based at least in part on their arrangement in relation to the fuselage.
Claims16
A multicopter comprising:
- a fuselage;
- and
- a plurality of rotors,
- wherein the plurality of rotors comprises inner rotors and outer rotors, and
- wherein the inner rotors are substantially surrounded by one or more other rotors, the fuselage, or a combination of one or more other rotors and the fuselage,
- wherein the plurality of rotors are arranged to provide an overall width to length ratio ranging from 1.7 to 3 for the multicopter, wherein a first flotation device is attached to a first side of the fuselage and a second flotation device is attached to a second side of the fuselage, wherein at least a first inner rotor is attached to the first flotation device and at least a second inner rotor is attached to the second flotation device, and wherein the inner rotors alone are used during lift off of the multicopter.
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