A method of controlling a VTOL unmanned flying wing aircraft using improved proprotor cyclic controls during wing-borne flight is disclosed and claimed. Cyclic control of the proprotor during wing-borne flight allows the aerodynamic, or trailing-edge, controls to be deflected trailing-edge-down in trimmed flight, thus augmenting lift, reducing power-on stall speed, improving loiter endurance and propulsive range, and facilitating transition maneuvers between rotor-borne and wing-borne flight phases. Additionally, cyclic control of the proprotor during wing-borne flight may be used to implement a speed-brake type of functionality in the aircraft, for example.
PROPELLER CYCLIC CONTROL FOR FLYING WING LIFT AUGMENTATION
ZYKLISCHE PROPELLERSTEUERUNG ZUR ERHÖHUNG DES AUFTRIEBS DER FLUGFLÜGEL
COMMANDE CYCLIQUE D'HÉLICE POUR AUGMENTATION DE PORTANCE D'AILE VOLANTE
2021-02-17
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
IPC: | B64C AEROPLANES , Flugzeuge |
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