Various embodiments of the present disclosure provide a tail-sitter aircraft having a leg assembly convertible from landing gear into a rear fuselage and empennage (or a tail assembly) of the aircraft. Generally, the leg assembly includes multiple legs movable from a closed configuration in which the legs form the tail assembly of the tail-sitter aircraft to an open configuration in which the legs form the landing gear of the tail-sitter aircraft (and vice-versa).
TAIL-SITTER AIRCRAFT WITH LEGGED UNDERCARRIAGE FOLDABLE TO FORM REAR FUSELAGE
2017-06-15
Patent
Elektronische Ressource
Englisch
IPC: | B64C AEROPLANES , Flugzeuge |
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