A drone (2) has an upper coupler (6) that releasably connects to a lower coupler (8) of a second drone (4), interconnecting the drones in a stacked combined flying machine (5A). The couplers index a predetermined rotational relationship between the two drones about a central vertical axis (10). An embodiment (5C) provides coaxial counter-rotating propellers of the respective upper and lower drones. Other embodiments rotationally offset the upper and lower drones to minimize overlap (A1, A2) of the upper and lower propeller disks or to overlap only portions (A1) of the propeller disks that rotate in opposite directions. The couplers may have electrical connectors that integrate control systems (38, 40) that establish a master/slave control relationship.


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    Title :

    Stackable drones


    Contributors:

    Publication date :

    2018-05-01


    Type of media :

    Patent


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English


    Classification :

    IPC:    B64C AEROPLANES , Flugzeuge / G05D SYSTEMS FOR CONTROLLING OR REGULATING NON-ELECTRIC VARIABLES , Systeme zum Steuern oder Regeln nichtelektrischer veränderlicher Größen



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