公开(公告)号：US20170283052A1

公开(公告)日：2017-10-05

申请号：US15091456

申请日：2016-04-05

Applicant: SWIFT ENGINEERING, INC.

Inventor： Jonathan Moshe

IPC: B64C29/02 ,  B64C3/38 ,  B64C29/00 ,  B64C27/22

CPC classification number: B64C29/02 ,  B64C3/38 ,  B64C27/22 ,  B64C29/0033 ,  Y02T50/14

Abstract: A tailsitter aircraft includes one or more rotatable wings. The tailsitter aircraft optionally includes a fuselage from which wing supports extend. Each rotatable wing optionally includes a rotatable wing section having an inboard portion proximate to the fuselage, and an outboard portion distal from the fuselage. The rotatable wing section may be rotatably attached to the wing support and configured to rotate between a vertical flight configuration in which the inboard portion is positioned on an opposing side of the wing support relative to the outboard portion, and a horizontal flight configuration different from the vertical flight configuration. The wings may be rotated during flight to transition between horizontal and vertical flight configurations, and they may be rotated about multiple axes.

公开(公告)号：US09731820B1

公开(公告)日：2017-08-15

申请号：US15392993

申请日：2016-12-28

Applicant: SWIFT ENGINEERING, INC.

Inventor： Robert Godlasky ,  Naoto Ogawa ,  Andrew Streett

IPC: B64C29/02 ,  B64D27/02

CPC classification number: B64D27/02 ,  B64C29/02 ,  B64C39/024 ,  B64C2201/021 ,  B64C2201/088 ,  B64C2201/102

Abstract: A VTOL aircraft includes at least one puller rotor and at least one pusher rotor. The VTOL aircraft, for example, may include three puller rotors and one pusher rotor. The combination of static puller and pusher rotors allows the rotors to remain in a fixed orientation (i.e., no moving mechanical axes are required) relative to the wings and fuselage of the VTOL aircraft, while being able to transition the aircraft from a substantially vertical flight path to a substantially horizontal flight path.