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US 2024/0203267 A1Published application
Ruggedized autonomous helicopter platform
AssigneeAnduril Industries, Inc.
InventorsPalmer F. Luckey, Julian Hammerstein, Joseph Chen
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Abstract
An unmanned helicopter platform includes a fuselage, a tail coupled with the fuselage, a payload rail coupled with and extending along the fuselage and a main rotor assembly coupled with the fuselage. The tail includes a tail rotor and a tail rotor motor. The tail is removably coupled to the fuselage. The main rotor assembly includes a main rotor having an axis of rotation and a main rotor motor.
Claims20
An unmanned helicopter platform comprising:
- a fuselage housing flight control electronics;
- a tail coupled with the fuselage, the tail including a tail rotor and a tail rotor motor, wherein the tail is removably coupled to the fuselage, wherein the fuselage includes a fuselage coupling section and the tail includes a tail coupling section configured to mate with the fuselage coupling section, the tail coupling section and the fuselage coupling section providing a mechanical connection, a data connection and a power connection between the fuselage and the tail;
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- a main rotor assembly coupled with the fuselage and the flight control electronics, the main rotor assembly including a main rotor having an axis of rotation and a main rotor motor.
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A method for an unmanned helicopter platform comprising:
- providing a fuselage housing flight control electronics;
- providing a tail coupled with the fuselage, the tail including a tail rotor and a tail rotor motor, wherein the tail is removably coupled to the fuselage, wherein the fuselage includes a fuselage coupling section and the tail includes a tail coupling section configured to mate with the fuselage coupling section, the tail coupling section and the fuselage coupling section providing a mechanical connection, a data connection and a power connection between the fuselage and the tail;
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- providing a main rotor assembly coupled with the fuselage and the flight control electronics, the main rotor assembly including a main rotor having an axis of rotation and a main rotor motor.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.