A vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) aircraft is configured with a front set of propellers mounted to a front wing and an aft set of propellers mounted to an aft wing wherein the propellers may be repositioned by rotating them around a front thrust vectoring axis and an aft thrust vectoring axis respectively. The positioning of the propellers with respect to the thrust vectoring axes and the positioning of the thrust vectoring axes with respect to the upper and lower limits of the passenger compartment ensure that, as the propellers are rotated from a vertical thrust position to a horizontalthrust position, the plane of rotation of the propellers never intersects with the portion of the passenger compartment where a failure of propeller components could result in debris penetrating the passenger compartment and causing injury.
一种竖直起降(VTOL)飞行器配置有安装在前机翼上的前推进器组和安装在后机翼上的后推进器组,其中推进器可以通过使它们分别围绕前推力矢量轴线和后推力矢量轴线旋转来重新定位。推进器相对于推力矢量轴的定位以及推力矢量轴相对于乘客舱的上下限的定位确保在推进器从竖直推力位置旋转到水平推力位置时,推进器的旋转平面绝不会与乘客舱的那部分相交,在此处推进器部件的故障会导致碎屑渗入乘客舱并造成伤害。
VERTICAL TAKEOFF AND LANDING AIRCRAFT CONFIGURATION
竖直起降飞行器配置
2020-04-10
Patent
Electronic Resource
Chinese
IPC: | B64C AEROPLANES , Flugzeuge |