The present disclosure pertains to self-piloted, electric vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) aircraft that are safe, low-noise, and cost-effective to operate for cargo-carrying and passenger-carrying applications over relatively long ranges. A VTOL aircraft has at least one wing that is rotatable relative to a fuselage of the VTOL aircraft for transitioning the VTOL aircraft between a hover configuration and a forward-flight configuration. Rotation of the wing may be passively controlled using aerodynamic forces, thereby obviating the need of using an actuator for actively controlling the rotation.
VERTICAL TAKEOFF AND LANDING AIRCRAFT WITH PASSIVE WING TILT
VERTIKAL STARTENDES UND LANDENDES FLUGZEUG MIT PASSIVER FLÜGELNEIGUNG
AÉRONEF À DÉCOLLAGE ET ATTERRISSAGE VERTICAUX AVEC INCLINAISON PASSIVE D'AILE
2020-05-06
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
IPC: | B64C AEROPLANES , Flugzeuge |
VERTICAL TAKEOFF AND LANDING AIRCRAFT WITH PASSIVE WING TILT
European Patent Office | 2020
|VERTICAL TAKEOFF AND LANDING AIRCRAFT WITH PASSIVE WING TILT
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|VERTICAL TAKEOFF AND LANDING AIRCRAFT WITH PASSIVE WING TILT
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