- Patent Title: Modular miniature unmanned aircraft with vectored-thrust control
-
Application No.: US13954218Application Date: 2013-07-30
-
Publication No.: US08951086B2Publication Date: 2015-02-10
- Inventor: Adam John Woodworth , James Peverill , Greg Vulikh , Jeremy Scott Hollman
- Applicant: Aurora Flight Sciences Corporation
- Applicant Address: US VA Manassas
- Assignee: Aurora Flight Sciences Corporation
- Current Assignee: Aurora Flight Sciences Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US VA Manassas
- Agency: Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP
- Agent Michael Stanley Tomsa
- Main IPC: A63H17/02
- IPC: A63H17/02 ; B64C1/30 ; B64D27/26 ; B64D9/00 ; B64C19/00 ; B64C15/00 ; B64C39/02 ; A63H27/00

Abstract:
An aircraft for unmanned aviation is described. The aircraft includes an airframe, a pair of fins attached to a rear portion of the airframe, a pair of dihedral braces attached to a bottom portion of the airframe, a first thrust-vectoring (“T/V”) module and a second T/V module, and an electronics module. The electronics module provides commands to the two T/V modules. The two T/V modules are configured to provide lateral and longitudinal control to the aircraft by directly controlling a thrust vector for each of the pitch, the roll, and the yaw of the aircraft. The use of directly articulated electrical motors as T/V modules enables the aircraft to execute tight-radius turns over a wide range of airspeeds.
Public/Granted literature
- US20140054423A1 MODULAR MINIATURE UNMANNED AIRCRAFT WITH VECTORED-THRUST CONTROL Public/Granted day:2014-02-27
Information query