METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR TRANSITIONING AN AERIAL VEHICLE BETWEEN CROSSWIND FLIGHT AND HOVER FLIGHT A method comprising: operating an aerial vehicle in a crosswind-flight orientation, wherein the aerial vehicle is connected to a tether, and wherein the tether is connected to a ground station; while the aerial vehicle is in the crosswind-flight orientation, positioning the aerial vehicle at a first location, wherein the first location is substantially downwind of the ground station; transitioning the aerial vehicle from the crosswind-flight orientation to a forward-flight orientation, wherein a tension of the tether is reduced; and operating the aerial vehicle in the forward-flight orientation to ascend at an angle of ascent to a second location, wherein the second location is substantially downwind of the ground station.


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    Title :

    Methods and systems for transitioning an aerial vehicle between crosswind flight and hover flight


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    Publication date :

    2019-09-19


    Type of media :

    Patent


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English


    Classification :

    IPC:    B64C AEROPLANES , Flugzeuge / B64B LIGHTER-THAN-AIR AIRCRAFT , Luftfahrzeuge leichter als Luft



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