公开(公告)号：US08931727B2

公开(公告)日：2015-01-13

申请号：US13414451

申请日：2012-03-07

Applicant: William A. Engblom

Inventor： William A. Engblom

IPC: B64C37/02 ,  G05D1/10 ,  B64C39/02

CPC classification number: G05D1/104 ,  B64C37/02 ,  B64C39/022 ,  B64C2201/104 ,  B64C2201/148 ,  G05D1/105 ,  Y10S244/90

Abstract: A platform including two winged aircraft are tethered during flight by a single tether near their respective centers of gravity. The tether is windable about a reel, so that a distance between the aircraft can be changed during flight. The aircraft contain avionics configured to enable autonomous flight using natural wind gradients. One aircraft imposes aerodynamic forces on the other, through the tether, while flying at an altitude where wind speed is significantly different than wind speed at an altitude of the other aircraft. The two aircraft cruise back and forth within a maximum distance from a station on the ground. Cruise conditions are established using an iterative computer algorithm which utilizes flight measurements. The aircraft communicate information between each other, and the ground, and contain a payload which performs a useful function at high altitudes.

Abstract translation: 包括两架有翼飞机在内的平台在飞行过程中由单个系绳在其各自的重心附近被束缚。 系绳可卷绕在卷轴上，使飞机之间的距离可以在飞行过程中改变。 该飞机包含配置成使用自然风向自动飞行的航空电子设备。 一架飞机通过系绳在另一架飞机的高度上与风速显着不同的高度飞行，同时在另一方面施加空气动力。 这两架飞机在距离地面车站最远的距离内来回巡航。 使用利用飞行测量的迭代计算机算法建立巡航条件。 飞机在彼此之间和地面之间传递信息，并且包含一个在高海拔地区执行有用功能的载荷。

公开(公告)号：US20120232721A1

公开(公告)日：2012-09-13

申请号：US13414451

申请日：2012-03-07

Applicant: William A. Engblom

Inventor： William A. Engblom

IPC: G05D1/00 ,  B64D41/00 ,  B64C37/02

CPC classification number: G05D1/104 ,  B64C37/02 ,  B64C39/022 ,  B64C2201/104 ,  B64C2201/148 ,  G05D1/105 ,  Y10S244/90

Abstract: A platform including two winged aircraft are tethered during flight by a single tether near their respective centers of gravity. The tether is windable about a reel, so that a distance between the aircraft can be changed during flight. The aircraft contain avionics configured to enable autonomous flight using natural wind gradients. One aircraft imposes aerodynamic forces on the other, through the tether, while flying at an altitude where wind speed is significantly different than wind speed at an altitude of the other aircraft. The two aircraft cruise back and forth within a maximum distance from a station on the ground. Cruise conditions are established using an iterative computer algorithm which utilizes flight measurements. The aircraft communicate information between each other, and the ground, and contain a payload which performs a useful function at high altitudes.

Abstract translation: 包括两架有翼飞机在内的平台在飞行过程中由单个系绳在其各自的重心附近被束缚。 系绳可卷绕在卷轴上，使飞机之间的距离可以在飞行过程中改变。 该飞机包含配置成使用自然风向自动飞行的航空电子设备。 一架飞机通过系绳在另一架飞机的高度上与风速显着不同的高度飞行，同时在另一方面施加空气动力。 这两架飞机在距离地面车站最远的距离内来回巡航。 使用利用飞行测量的迭代计算机算法来建立巡航条件。 飞机在彼此之间和地面之间传递信息，并且包含一个在高海拔地区执行有用功能的载荷。