A tail sitter aircraft includes a fuselage having a forward portion and an aft portion. The forward portion of the fuselage includes first and second rotor stations. A first rotor assembly is positioned proximate the first rotor station. A second rotor assembly is positioned proximate the second rotor station. A tailboom assembly extends from the aft portion of the fuselage and includes a plurality of landing members. A pusher propeller extends from the tailboom assembly. In a vertical takeoff and landing mode, the first and second rotor assemblies rotate about the fuselage to provide vertical thrust. In a forward flight mode, rotation of the pusher propeller provides forward thrust and the first and second rotor assemblies are non-rotatable about the fuselage forming a dual wing configuration to provide lift.
Aircraft having Dual Rotor-to-Wing Conversion Capabilities
2018-03-01
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
Aircraft having dual rotor-to-wing conversion capabilities
European Patent Office | 2019
|AIRCRAFT HAVING DUAL ROTOR-TO-WING CONVERSION CAPABILITIES
European Patent Office | 2019
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