Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Three wing, six-tilt propulsion unit, VTOL aircraft
- Patent Title (中): 三翼,六倾推进装置,垂直起降飞机
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Application No.: US13230173Application Date: 2011-09-12
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Publication No.: US08800912B2Publication Date: 2014-08-12
- Inventor: Richard David Oliver
- Applicant: Richard David Oliver
- Applicant Address: US SC Bluffton
- Assignee: Oliver VTOL, LLC
- Current Assignee: Oliver VTOL, LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US SC Bluffton
- Agency: McKenna Long & Aldridge LLP
- Main IPC: B64C29/00
- IPC: B64C29/00

Abstract:
A vertical takeoff and landing aircraft having at least three wings and at least six propulsion units, each of which are located radially from two adjacent propulsion units, by equal or substantially equal angles. The at least six propulsion units together being located symmetrically, or at substantially symmetric positions, about the approximate center of gravity of the aircraft, when viewed from above. A vertical stabilizer may or may not be employed. If no vertical stabilizer is employed, yaw control during horizontal flight may be achieved through differential thrust using the at least six propulsion units. Yaw control during vertical flight may be provided by a plurality of yaw control panels. Absent yaw control panels, yaw control during vertical flight may be provided using differential propulsion unit tilt angles.
Public/Granted literature
- US20110315809A1 THREE WING, SIX-TILT PROPULSION UNIT, VTOL AIRCRAFT Public/Granted day:2011-12-29
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