One embodiment includes an electrical tanker aircraft for in-flight recharging a worker aircraft, comprising: a charge source; an umbilical to engage an in-flight charge recipient aircraft; and control logic to determine that the umbilical has engaged the charge recipient aircraft, and to transfer charge until a termination condition is met.
IN-FLIGHT RECHARGING OF AERIAL ELECTRIC VEHICLES
2021-08-05
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
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