The present invention provides a tail-sitting, tandem wing vertical take-off and landing aircraft 103 (VTOL), the aircraft comprising; a fuselage 200’ pivoted between lateral arms of a yoke (220, figure 2c); the arms of the yoke extending fore and aft and, at or towards the extremities of the arms: the respective fore portions 230' are linked laterally together by an aerofoil (240, figure 1a); and the respective aft portions 230 are linked laterally together by an aerofoil (250, figure 1a). The aircraft further comprises landing skids (400, figures 1c, 1d), 410, 420 and a wheel assembly 450. Additionally, a method for reconfiguring the aircraft between vertical and horizontal configuration is provided.
A ground handling concept for a tail-sitting VTOL aircraft
2020-04-22
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
IPC: | B64C AEROPLANES , Flugzeuge |
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