An aircraft (10) defining longitudinal (A), lateral (B) and vertical (C) directions the aircraft (10) comprising:a main wing (16) and a tail (18), each being pivotable about the lateral direction (B);a plurality of main propellers (30) mounted to the main wing (16), and configured to pivot with the main wing (16);at least one cruise propeller (32) mounted to the tail (18), and configured to pivot with the tail (18);each main propeller (30) being stowable from a deployed position to a stowed position; whereineach main propeller (30a-30d) has a fixed pitch, and each cruise propeller (32a, 32b) has a variable pitch.
Vertical take-off and landing tilt-wing aircraft defining a propeller disc swept area
2020-09-23
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
IPC: | B64C AEROPLANES , Flugzeuge |
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