Multicopter with wide span rotor configuration and protective fuselage
AssigneeKitty Hawk Corporation
InventorsTodd Reichert, Cameron Robertson, Mark Johnson Cutler
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Abstract
An inner middle rotor is rotated while an inner front rotor, an inner back rotor, and an outer rotor are not rotated. The inner middle rotor is surrounded by the inner front rotor, the inner back rotor, the outer rotor, and a fuselage. After rotating the inner middle rotor while not rotating the inner front rotor, the inner back rotor, and the outer rotor, the inner middle rotor, the inner front rotor, the inner back rotor, and the outer rotor are simultaneously rotated.
Claims15
A vehicle, comprising:
- a plurality of rotors, including an inner front rotor, an inner middle rotor, an inner back rotor, and an outer rotor;
- a fuselage;
- and
- a flight controller configured to:
- determine that the plurality of rotors are stopped;
- in response to a determination that the plurality of rotors are stopped:
- rotate the inner front rotor, the inner back rotor, and the outer rotor to be positioned tip-to-tip;
- rotate the inner middle rotor while not rotating the inner front rotor, the inner back rotor, and the outer rotor;
- and
- after rotating the inner middle rotor while not rotating the inner front rotor, simultaneously rotate the inner front rotor, the inner back rotor, and the outer rotor.
A method, comprising:
- determining that a plurality of rotors are stopped, wherein the plurality of rotors, including an inner front rotor, an inner middle rotor, an inner back rotor, and an outer rotor;
- in response to a determination that the plurality of rotors are stopped:
- rotating the inner front rotor, the inner back rotor, and the outer rotor to be positioned tip-to-tip;
- rotating the inner middle rotor while not rotating the inner front rotor, the inner back rotor, and the outer rotor;
- and
- after rotating the inner middle rotor while not rotating the inner front rotor, simultaneously rotating the inner front rotor, the inner back rotor, and the outer rotor.
A computer program product, the computer program product being embodied in a non-transitory computer readable storage medium and comprising computer instructions for:
- determining that a plurality of rotors are stopped, wherein the plurality of rotors, including an inner front rotor, an inner middle rotor, an inner back rotor, and an outer rotor;
- in response to a determination that the plurality of rotors are stopped:
- rotating the inner front rotor, the inner back rotor, and the outer rotor to be positioned tip-to-tip;
- rotating the inner middle rotor while not rotating the inner front rotor, the inner back rotor, and the outer rotor;
- and
- after rotating the inner middle rotor while not rotating the inner front rotor, simultaneously rotating the inner front rotor, the inner back rotor, and the outer rotor.
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