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US 12,503,255 B2Granted
Loitering craft
AssigneeREGENT Craft Inc.
InventorsWilliam Bryan Baker, Cory Asher Kays, William Thalheimer
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Abstract
A craft is provided comprising: a propulsion system; a fuselage coupled with the propulsion system, wherein the fuselage is configured to carry a payload and fuel for the propulsion system; and a pre-assembled wing coupled with the fuselage; wherein the craft is designed to take-off without using a runway and does not have landing gear to land.
Claims18
A craft comprising:
- a propulsion system;
- a fuselage configured to carry a payload;
- a wing coupled to the fuselage, the wing comprising:
- a first spar and a second spar, wherein the first spar and the second spar are arranged substantially perpendicular to the fuselage;
- a plurality of ribs, wherein each rib extends between the first spar and the second spar, and wherein each rib is arranged substantially parallel to the fuselage;
- and
- at least one surface comprising a flexible membrane;
- a control system comprising data storage having instruction code stored thereon that, when executed by one or more processors, causes the craft to:
- fly above water at a distance above the water that is less than one fourth of a chord length of the wing;
- while flying above the water, determine that a condition of the craft meets a criterion;
- and
- after determining that the condition meets the criterion, disengage the fuselage from the wing.
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