An unmanned aerial vehicle (10) (UAV), or drone, includes a fuselage (12), left and right airfoil-shaped wings (14, 16) connected to the fuselage (12) to generate lift in forward flight, a left thrust-generating device (18) supported by the left wing (14), and a right thrust-generating device (20) supported by the right wing (16). The UAV further includes a vertical stabilizer (26, 32), a top thrust-generating device (28) mounted to a top portion of the vertical stabilizer (26, 32), and a bottom thrust-generating device (30) mounted to a bottom portion of the vertical stabilizer. An onboard power source (38) is provided for powering the thrust-generating devices. The left, right, top and bottom thrust-generating devices (18, 20, 28, 34) provide forward thrust during forward flight and also provide vertical thrust to enable the unmanned aerial vehicle (10) to take-off and land vertically when the fuselage (12) is substantially vertical and further enabling the unmanned aerial vehicle (10) to transition between forward flight and vertical take-off and landing.
UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE (UAV) HAVING VERTICAL TAKEOFF AND LANDING (VTOL) CAPABILITY
UNBEMANNTES LUFTFAHRZEUG MIT SENKRECHTSTART UND -LANDUNG
VÉHICULE AÉRIEN SANS PILOTE (UAV) À CAPACITÉ DE DÉCOLLAGE ET D'ATTERRISSAGE VERTICAUX (ADAV)
2021-04-21
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
IPC: | B64C AEROPLANES , Flugzeuge |
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