An aircraft having a hybrid power source includes two horizontal drive units, four vertical drive units, a vertical drive unit comprising a power supply bus the output of which may be connected to a single horizontal drive unit which may be connected to at least two vertical drive units via a switch, two power generation sources connected, on the one hand, to each of the power supply buses by a respective input of the corresponding vertical drive unit and, on the other hand, to each horizontal drive unit via the respective output of each vertical drive unit, and a power supply command arranged to send a power command to the power generation sources according to the power requirements of the vertical drive units and/or horizontal drive units. The power generation sources are also suitable for recharging power sources of the vertical drive units.
AERONEF A SOURCE D'ENERGIE HYBRIDE
AIRCRAFT WITH HYBRID ENERGY SOURCE
LUFTFAHRZEUG MIT HYBRIDER ENERGIEQUELLE
2024-10-09
Patent
Electronic Resource
French