A flying surface may comprise a plurality of interconnectable flying vehicles configured for mid-flight reconfiguration of the flying surface. Each flying vehicle may be entirely self-sufficient, including an onboard thrust unit, an onboard controller, an onboard power unit, and connectors configured to engage corresponding connectors of other flying vehicles to form a flying surface. The flying vehicles may additionally be configured for self-control, thereby enabling a distributed control model for a flying surface that does not require significant, centralized processing power and corresponding power storage. The flying surfaces may dynamically reconfigure mid-flight by attaching or detaching flying vehicles so as to enable a wide variety of in-flight maneuvers.
MODULAR AND DYNAMICALLY RECONFIGURABLE FLYING SYSTEMS ENCOMPASSING FLYING VEHICLE MODULES
2020-02-27
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
IPC: | B64C AEROPLANES , Flugzeuge |
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