An aircraft, such as an unmanned aircraft, can include a forward propulsion system comprising one or more engines and one or more rotors coupled to a corresponding engine; a vertical propulsion system comprising one or more vertical propulsion engines and one or more corresponding rotors coupled thereto; a sensor package comprising one or more sensors to detect an operating parameter of the aircraft. It may further include an automatic recovery system that includes an input coupled to the sensor package; an output coupled to an aircraft controller; a processor to monitor one or more operating parameters of the aircraft, detect a failure of the forward propulsion system based on the operating parameters, and transition the aircraft to the vertical propulsion system for landing.
AUTOMATIC RECOVERY SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR UNMANNED AIRCRAFT SYSTEMS
2017-10-19
Patent
Elektronische Ressource
Englisch
AUTOMATIC RECOVERY SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR UNMANNED AIRCRAFT SYSTEMS
Europäisches Patentamt | 2017
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