A fault tolerant, optically or electrically managed, EMP resilient electromagnetic distributed direct drive powertrain applied to provide lift and/or propulsion and/or attitude control to an aircraft. The electromagnetic distributed direct drive being network based, capable of autonomous operations and decisions such as pilot input interpreting mode, load distribution, fault management, self-healing operations, electrical and mechanical health monitoring, as well as electrical and mechanical fault prediction.
ELECTROMAGNETIC DISTRIBUTED DIRECT DRIVE FOR AIRCRAFT
2017-09-28
Patent
Electronic Resource
English