An aircraft operable to transition between thrust-borne lift in a VTOL orientation and wing-borne lift in a biplane orientation. The aircraft includes an airframe having first and second wings zin a staggerwing configuration with first and second swept pylons extending therebetween. A distributed thrust array is attached to the airframe. The thrust array includes a first plurality of propulsion assemblies coupled to the first wing and a second plurality of propulsion assemblies coupled to the second wing. A flight control system is coupled to the airframe and is configured to independently control each of the propulsion assemblies. The first plurality of propulsion assemblies is longitudinally offset relative to the second plurality of propulsion assemblies such that rotors of the first plurality of propulsion assemblies rotate in a different plane than rotors of the second plurality of propulsion assemblies.
Convertible Staggerwing Aircraft having Optimized Hover Power
23.03.2023
Patent
Elektronische Ressource
Englisch
IPC: | B64C AEROPLANES , Flugzeuge |
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