An aeronautical vehicle (1) performs horizontal flight and/or vertical flight, and has a fuselage (2), a wing assembly (3) having a first wing part (3a) and a second wing part (3b) rigidly coupled to one another, a rotor assembly (4), a horizontal thruster (7), and an attitude control system. The wing assembly is arranged rotatably with respect to the fuselage to rotate about a vertical pivot axis between a stow position and an active position. The rotor assembly comprises two vertical thrust rotors arranged on a rotor support rotatably with respect to the fuselage to rotate the rotor assembly between a stow position and an active position. In a horizontal flight mode the wing assembly is in the active position and the rotor assembly is in the stow position, and in a vertical flight mode the wing assembly is in the stow position and the rotor assembly is in the active position.
AERONAUTICAL VEHICLE AND METHOD OF TRANSITIONING BETWEEN FLIGHT MODES FOR AN AERONAUTICAL VEHICLE
LUFTFAHRZEUG UND VERFAHREN ZUM ÜBERGANG ZWISCHEN FLUGMODI FÜR EIN LUFTFAHRZEUG
VÉHICULE AÉRONAUTIQUE ET PROCÉDÉ DE TRANSITION ENTRE DES MODES DE VOL POUR UN VÉHICULE AÉRONAUTIQUE
2025-03-05
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
AERONAUTICAL VEHICLE AND METHOD OF TRANSITIONING BETWEEN FLIGHT MODES FOR AN AERONAUTICAL VEHICLE
European Patent Office | 2023
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