An improved aircraft design to harness advantages of vertical or short-takeoff and landings (V/STOL) and efficient horizontal flight. Configuration improves aircraft flight stability and efficiency in flight profiles: (1.) vertical flight; (2.) transition to and from horizontal flight and; (3.) horizontal flight on wings. The aircraft is capable of stable flight at any airspeed from hover to its maximum designed speed. It has the possibility of a controlled emergency landing using autorotation or, wings or, a combination of the two. Aircraft design includes: multiple thrust sources and, wings free to rotate on a spanwise axis. Wing rotation is independent—not coupled—with either the fuselage or, the thrust sources. Wing configurations include single, tandem or, multiple sets. Wings are coupled each other such that rotation induced in one wing affects rotation in all wings. Thrust sources are directed vertically during hover and some degree forward of vertical for horizontal flight. Thrust sources for vertical and horizontal flight can be the same rotors, such as in tilt-rotor configurations; or, divided between vertical flight rotors and horizontal flight rotors, such is in lift and cruise (a.k.a. lift and thrust) configurations.


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    Titel :

    Free Wing Multirotor Transitional S/VTOL Aircraft


    Beteiligte:
    DOLEJSI EDWARD (Autor:in)

    Erscheinungsdatum :

    2022-11-17


    Medientyp :

    Patent


    Format :

    Elektronische Ressource


    Sprache :

    Englisch


    Klassifikation :

    IPC:    B64C AEROPLANES , Flugzeuge / B64D Ausrüstung für Flugzeuge , EQUIPMENT FOR FITTING IN OR TO AIRCRAFT



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