Vertical take-off and landing aircraft
AssigneeSwift Engineering, Inc.
InventorsRobert Godlasky, Nate Ogawa, Andrew Streett
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Abstract
A VTOL aircraft includes at least one puller rotor and at least one pusher rotor. The VTOL aircraft, for example, may include three puller rotors and one pusher rotor. The combination of static puller and pusher rotors allows the rotors to remain in a fixed orientation (i.e., no moving mechanical axes are required) relative to the wings and fuselage of the VTOL aircraft, while being able to transition the aircraft from a substantially vertical flight path to a substantially horizontal flight path.
Claims20
An unmanned vertical take-off and landing aircraft, comprising:
- a fuselage;
- at least one wing extending from the fuselage;
- at least one puller rotor positioned on the wing or the fuselage;
- and
- at least one pusher rotor positioned on the wing or the fuselage.
An unmanned vertical take-off and landing aircraft, comprising:
- a fuselage;
- at least one wing extending from the fuselage;
- a plurality of rotors positioned on at least one of the wing or the fuselage;
- and
- a payload bay in the fuselage positioned underneath the wing and housing at least one of electrical components or batteries.
An unmanned vertical take-off and landing aircraft, comprising:
- a fuselage;
- at least one wing extending from the fuselage;
- and
- means for transitioning the aircraft from vertical flight to horizontal flight without tilting rotors on the aircraft.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.