A vertical take off and landing (VTOL) aircraft has a pair of fixed wings fore and aft, straddling a pair of tiltable propulsors, such as ducted fans. The aircraft includes a modular crew cabin or freight payload and a dynamic counterbalance positioning system which can shift the location of an integral aircraft segment which may contain operational components such as fuel tanks, batteries, avionics equipment etc. in order to move the aircraft center of gravity closer to the center of lift and/or vertical thrust.


    Access

    Download


    Export, share and cite



    Title :

    VTOL aircraft having modular payload


    Contributors:

    Publication date :

    2023-09-12


    Type of media :

    Patent


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English


    Classification :

    IPC:    B64C AEROPLANES , Flugzeuge



    MODULAR ELECTRIC VTOL AIRCRAFT

    BROTHERTON-RATCLIFFE DAVID / MARTIN LAURENT | European Patent Office | 2016

    Free access

    Modular Electric VTOL Aircraft

    BROTHERTON-RATCLIFFE DAVID / MARTIN LAURENT | European Patent Office | 2016

    Free access

    MODULAR ELECTRIC VTOL AIRCRAFT

    BROTHERTON-RATCLIFFE DAVID / MARTIN LAURENT | European Patent Office | 2015

    Free access

    A VTOL SMALL UNMANNED AIRCRAFT SYSTEM TO EXPAND PAYLOAD CAPABILITIES

    Geuther, S. / Capristan, F. / Kirk, J. et al. | British Library Conference Proceedings | 2018


    A VTOL Small Unmanned Aircraft System to Expand Payload Capabilities

    Geuther, Steven / Capristan, Francisco / Kirk, Jason et al. | NTRS | 2018