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US 2025/0145306 A1Published application
Rotatable surface for headwind alignment and vertiport alignment
AssigneeWisk Aero LLC
InventorUri Tzarnotzky
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Abstract
Embodiments provide a vertiport system with rotatable surfaces. The rotatable surfaces can be configured to rotate after an aircraft arrives at the rotatable surface. As a result, the aircraft can be allowed to land with a first orientation facing into a headwind, and then be rotated to have a second orientation that is better suited for reset processes at the vertiport, such as passenger exchange. When ready for a subsequent flight, the rotatable surface can rotate again so that the aircraft faces into the wind again for takeoff.
Claims20
A system comprising:
- a rotatable surface;
- a motor coupled to the rotatable surface;
- and
- a control system configured to:
- after an aircraft arrives with a first aircraft orientation at the rotatable surface, operate the motor to cause the rotatable surface to rotate from a first rotational position to a second rotational position such that the aircraft rotates from the first aircraft orientation to a second aircraft orientation.
2 more elements
A method comprising:
- after an aircraft arrives with a first aircraft orientation at a rotatable surface, operating, by a control system, a motor to cause the rotatable surface to rotate from a first rotational position to a second rotational position such that the aircraft rotates from the first aircraft orientation to a second aircraft orientation.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.