A vertical take-off and landing aircraft which uses fixed rotors for both VTOL and forward flight operations. The rotors form a synthetic wing and are positioned to achieve a high span efficiency. The rotors are positioned to even out the lift across the span of the synthetic wing. The synthetic wing may also have narrow front and rear airfoils which may provide structural support as well as providing lift during forward flight. The wing rotors are tilted forward and provide some forward propulsion during horizontal flight.
VTOL AIRCRAFT USING ROTORS TO SIMULATE RIGID WING DYNAMICS
VTOL-FLUGZEUG MIT ROTOREN ZUR SIMULATION VON STARRFLÜGELDYNAMIK
AÉRONEF VTOL FAISANT APPEL À DES ROTORS POUR SIMULER UNE DYNAMIQUE D'AILE RIGIDE
2022-01-05
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
IPC: | B64C AEROPLANES , Flugzeuge |
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