Flying wing vertical take-off and landing aircraft
AssigneeArcher Aviation Inc.
InventorGeoffrey C. Bower
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Abstract
A passenger vertical take-off and landing aircraft includes a flying wing comprising a passenger compartment, a first set of rotors positioned at least partially forward of a leading edge of the flying wing, and a second set of rotors positioned at least partially rearward of a trailing edge of the flying wing. The first set of rotors may include at least four rotors and the second set of rotors may comprise at least two rotors. The first set of rotors, the second set of rotors, both, or neither may be tiltable between lift configurations for providing lift for vertical take-off and landing of the aircraft and propulsion configurations for providing forward thrust to the aircraft.
Claims29
1-21. (canceled)
A flying wing vertical take-off and landing aircraft comprising:
- a flying wing comprising a passenger compartment;
- four tiltable forward rotors coupled to the flying wing and positioned at least partially forward of a leading edge of the flying wing;
- two tiltable aft rotors coupled to the flying wing and positioned at least partially rearward of a trailing edge of the flying wing;
- and
- a plurality of booms mounted to the flying wing;
- wherein:
- the four tiltable forward rotors and the two tiltable aft rotors are coupled to the flying wing inward of wing tips of the flying wing,
- the two tiltable aft rotors are positioned inward of the four tiltable forward rotors, and
- each of the four tiltable forward rotors and the two tiltable aft rotors is coupled to the flying wing by a boom of the plurality of booms.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.