Vertical take-off and landing aircraft and transformation gear sets for same
AssigneeFlyworks Ltd.
InventorGad Peleg
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Abstract
A vertical take-off and landing aerial vehicle (VTOL) includes a plurality of rotors for producing lift. For each respective rotor the VTOL has an auxiliary power source (APS) and a transformation gear set (TGS) both being associated with the respective rotor, and the VTOL further includes at least one main power source (MPS). Each TGS is configured to form an outgoing power towards its respective rotor from input powers received into the TGS from the MPS and from the APS associated with the respective rotor.
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A vertical take-off and landing aerial vehicle (VTOL) comprising a plurality of rotors for producing lift,
- for each respective rotor the VTOL comprising an auxiliary power source (APS) and a transformation gear set (TGS) both being associated with the respective rotor, and the VTOL further comprising at least one main power source (MPS),
- each TGS being configured to form an outgoing power towards its respective rotor from input powers received into the TGS from the MPS and from the APS associated with the respective rotor.
A method for operating a vertical take-off and landing aerial vehicle (VTOL) comprising the steps of:
- providing a VTOL comprising a plurality of rotors for producing upward lift, for each respective rotor the VTOL comprising an auxiliary power source (APS) and a transformation gear set (TGS) both being associated with the respective rotor, and the VTOL further comprising at least one main power source (MPS),
- communicating into each TGS power from an MPS and one of the APS's, and
- outputting from each TGS towards its associated rotor an output power resulting from the powers incoming into the TGS.
A vertical take-off and landing aerial vehicle (VTOL) comprising a plurality of rotors for producing lift,
- for each respective rotor the VTOL comprising a load means (LM) and a transformation gear set (TGS) both being associated with the respective rotor, and the VTOL further comprising at least one main power source (MPS),
- each TGS being configured to form an outgoing RPM towards its respective rotor that depends on the RPM received into the TGS from the MPS and on the torque applied onto a load shaft of the TGS by the load means (LM).
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.