Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Flying wing aircraft having flight and storage configurations
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Application No.: US16031741Application Date: 2018-07-10
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Publication No.: US11124296B2Publication Date: 2021-09-21
- Inventor: Levi Charles Hefner , Dakota Charles Easley
- Applicant: Textron Innovations Inc.
- Applicant Address: US RI Providence
- Assignee: Textron Innovations Inc.
- Current Assignee: Textron Innovations Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US RI Providence
- Agency: Lawrence Youst PLLC
- Main IPC: B64C29/02
- IPC: B64C29/02 ; B64C39/02 ; B64D27/26 ; B64D31/06

Abstract:
An unmanned aircraft system includes a flying wing airframe having leading and trailing edges with respective sweep angles. A thrust array is coupled to the airframe and includes first and second motor mounts each rotatably coupled to the leading edge. Each motor mount has first and second propulsion assemblies coupled to respective first and second distal ends thereof. A power system is operably associated with the thrust array and is operable to provide power to each propulsion assembly. A flight control system is operably associated with the thrust array and is operable to independently control the speed of each propulsion assembly. In a flight configuration of the system, each motor mount is substantially perpendicular with the leading edge such that the thrust array forms a two-dimensional thrust array. In a compact storage configuration of the system, each motor mount is substantially parallel with the leading edge.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200017211A1 Flying Wing Aircraft having Flight and Storage Configurations Public/Granted day:2020-01-16
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