Aerial vehicle for carrying a payload
AssigneeAbbott Aerospace Canada Ltd.
InventorRichard Paul Abbott
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Abstract
The present specification relates generally to unmanned aerial vehicles, and specifically to a vertical take-off and lift unmanned aerial vehicle configured for high speed, long-distance flight, and vertical take-off and lift, while carrying a significant payload. The aerial vehicle includes a first propeller and a second propeller, each comprising at least two blades and each disposed on opposite lateral edges of the aerial vehicle; a tail segment forming a trailing edge of the aerial vehicle, wherein the tail segment comprises: an elevator; and a first wing and a second wing, each comprising an aileron. The aerial vehicle further includes four fins, wherein the four fins are affixed to lateral edges behind the first propeller or the second propeller and configured as endplates; a motor; and a power supply.
Claims10
An aerial vehicle comprising:
- a first propeller and a second propeller, each comprising at least two blades and each disposed on opposite lateral edges of a body;
- a tail segment extending laterally from the first propeller to the second propeller and forming a trailing edge of the aerial vehicle, the tail segment including:
- an elevator;
- and
- a first wing and a second wing, each of the first wing and the second wing including an aileron;
- four fins affixed to lateral edges of the first propeller and the second propeller aft of the blades of the first propeller and the second propeller and configured as endplates;
- the body extending from the first propeller to the second propeller, the body being configured as a blown primary lifting surface to generate lift along an entire lateral extension between the first propeller and the second propeller;
- a motor;
- and
- a power supply.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.