Vertical take-off and landing aircraft

A vertical take-off and landing aircraft of the tail-sitting type, comprising:

• a cockpit integrated in a body having delta wings in a rear section with respect to the cockpit;
• and
• a propulsion system placed in a front section with respect to the cockpit,
• wherein the propulsion system includes;
• at least a pair of coaxial counter-rotating propellers put in rotation by a respective pair of distinct electric engines, including a first engine and a second engine,
• the second engine being directly facing the first engine and
• being powered by a battery unit comprising rechargeable batteries,
• wherein each of said electric engines is configured so as to put into rotation a respective propeller of said pair of counter-rotating propellers,
• wherein said propellers are coaxial with respect to an axis of rotation (X),
• said engines being aligned with respect to said axis of rotation (X),
• said propellers being in direct drive with the respective engine, without interposition of gear reducers,
• wherein the batteries are housed in a battery housing body supported on said cockpit,
• the vertical take-off and landing aircraft further comprising a cooling system configured to cool the electric engines and/or the rechargeable batteries,
• wherein said battery housing body, said cooling system and said propulsion system are aligned along the axis of rotation (X), and
• follow one another in that order in an axial succession along a direction running from the rear to the front of the aircraft,
• wherein said cockpit, said battery unit, and said propulsion system formed by the pair of propellers and the pair of engines, are each a distinct component in a form of an individual module, and are configured so as to be mounted in the axial succession.