STOL/VTOL free wing aircraft with improved shock dampening and absorbing
means
    52.
    发明授权
    STOL/VTOL free wing aircraft with improved shock dampening and absorbing means 失效
    STOL / VTOL自由翼飞机具有改进的减震和吸收手段

    公开(公告)号:US5863013A

    公开(公告)日:1999-01-26

    申请号:US467107

    申请日:1995-06-06

    Applicant: Hugh Schmittle

    Inventor: Hugh Schmittle

    Abstract: An improved VTOL/STOL free wing aircraft providing damping and absorption of shock landing loads upon landing. A pair of resilient struts is provided, projecting forwardly from the trailing edge of either side of the fuselage when the fuselage is tilted. Preferably, the aircraft includes a pair of articulated tail booms, the strut being a portion of the tail boom extending forward from the pivot axis of the tail boom. Landing wheels are disposed on the strut in tandem spaced relationship. The resiliency of the strut causes the strut to act as a leaf spring and thus dampen shock landing loads. Operatively secured to the bottom surface of the fixed wing portions and the forward portion of the landing gear struts is a pair of dashpots for absorbing the shock landing loads.

    Abstract translation: 改进的VTOL / STOL自由翼飞机在着陆时提供减震和吸收冲击着陆载荷。 当机身倾斜时,提供一对弹性支柱,从机身任一侧的后缘向前突出。 优选地,飞行器包括一对铰接的尾臂,支柱是从尾臂的枢转轴线向前延伸的尾臂的一部分。 着陆轮以串联间隔的关系设置在支柱上。 支柱的弹性导致支柱作为板簧,从而抑制冲击着陆载荷。 操作地固定到固定翼部分的底表面和起落架支柱的前部是用于吸收冲击着陆载荷的一对减震器。

    DRONE
    57.
    发明公开
    DRONE 审中-公开

    公开(公告)号:US20230202652A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-06-29

    申请号:US17645752

    申请日:2021-12-23

    Applicant: OCTOFAN SAS

    Inventor: Pierre Convert

    Abstract: The aircraft comprises a fuselage defining a fuselage main axis. The fuselage comprises a docking system for fixing removable nacelles. The aircraft has wings equipped with tilting actuators for rotating wings about rotation axes parallel to the fuselage main axis and at least six propellers mechanically connected to the fuselage. The aircraft also has at least one cryo-hydrogen tank and at least one fuel cell for supplying power to the propellers, and
    A capacitor for supplying power to the propellers, charged by at least one fuel cell. This capacitor stores electrical energy greater than the energy needed by all the propellers for ten seconds of hovering flight. Each propeller is equipped with a tilting actuator for rotating the propeller about a rotation axis making an angle of less than 45 degrees with a plane perpendicular to the fuselage main axis. The fuselage having a forward and a rear portion defining a forward to rear order of the propellers, in cruise flight, the two forward propellers are activated to provide vertical thrust, the intermediate propellers between the forward and rearmost propellers are not activated and the two rearmost propellers are activated to provide horizontal thrust.

    Multispectral Filters
    58.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20190236358A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-08-01

    申请号:US16259870

    申请日:2019-01-28

    Abstract: A method and system including: an aerial vehicle including: a first camera comprising a first sensor having at least red, green, and blue color channels, where the blue color channel is sensitive to near-infrared (NIR) wavelengths; a first optical filter disposed in front of the first sensor, wherein the first optical filter is configured to block wavelengths below green, between red and NIR, and longer wavelength NIR; a processor having addressable memory in communication with the first camera, where the processor is configured to: capture at least one image of vegetation from the first camera; provide red, green, and NIR color channels from the captured image from the first camera; and determine at least one vegetative index based on the provided red, green, and NIR color channels.

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