An aircraft, such as a flying car, comprising a body structure, lift structures (such as wings), control structures (such as fins, elevators, and ailerons), and a motor; a propeller connected to the motor and mounted for rotation about a drive axis to provide thrust; the propeller comprising a hub having a plurality of blades connected thereto; and a plurality of blade housings adjacent the propeller and extending substantially parallel to the drive axis; wherein the blades are mounted on the hub so as to be moveable between an expanded position in which the blades project radially from the hub, and a folded position in which each blade extends axially from the hub so as to lie in a respective blade housing.


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    Title :

    FOLDING PROPELLER


    Contributors:
    KLEIN STEFAN (author) / MACANDREW DOUGLAS (author) / ROOMS SIMON (author) / URIK TOMAS (author) / DANIEL MILOS (author)

    Publication date :

    2019-08-22


    Type of media :

    Patent


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English


    Classification :

    IPC:    B64C AEROPLANES , Flugzeuge / B60F VEHICLES FOR USE BOTH ON RAIL AND ON ROAD , Fahrzeuge für den Verkehr sowohl auf Schienen als auch auf Straßen



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