Various reconfigurations of wing sections of a ring wing of an aerial vehicle are described. For example, responsive to a fault or failure of a propulsion mechanism, one or more wing sections may be modified to maintain control and safety of the aerial vehicle. In example embodiments, positions, angular orientations, and/or pitches of one or more wing sections may be modified to maintain control and safety in either a horizontal, wingborn flight orientation, or a vertical, VTOL flight orientation.
Six degree of freedom aerial vehicle having reconfigurable wings
2021-04-20
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
IPC: | B64C AEROPLANES , Flugzeuge |
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