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US 11,697,494 B2Granted
Aircraft
AssigneeVolocopter GmbH
InventorsUlrich Schaferlein, Manuel Kessler
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Abstract
An aircraft in the form of an electrically driven, vertical take-off and landing, preferably people-carrying and/or load-carrying multicopter (1) is provided, in which a multiplicity of rotors are arranged in a common rotor plane (R), in which a tail unit (6), protruding upward or downward with respect to the rotor plane (R), is provided above or below the rotor plane (R), preferably in a rear region of the aircraft (1) with respect to a forward flying direction.
Claims11
An aircraft (1) comprising:
- an electrically driven, vertical take-off and landing, multicopter, including a multiplicity of rotors (2.1-2.9) arranged in a substantially common rotor plane (R),
- a tail unit (6), protruding downward with respect to the rotor plane (R) and located below the rotor plane (R), in a rear region of the aircraft (1) with respect to a forward flying direction (FR), and
- the tail unit (6) comprises two vertical stabilizers (6.1, 6.2) that extend downward from support arms (3.1, 3.2) that each support at least one of the rotors, a tailplane (6.3) connected between the two vertical stabilizers (6.1, 6.2), and the tailplane (6.3) is located below the support arms.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.