A flight configuration is disclosed. The flight configuration includes a lift configuration in which a lift aircraft lifts a powered payload via a tether. The flight configuration comprises a series of steps for transitioning from the lift configuration to a forward flight configuration. In the forward flight configuration, the lift aircraft and the powered payload are in horizontal alignment.
FLIGHT CONFIGURATION FOR PAYLOAD AND LIFT AIRCRAFT
2018-02-01
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
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