公开(公告)号：US20170259918A1

公开(公告)日：2017-09-14

申请号：US15066460

申请日：2016-03-10

Applicant: NICHOLAS K. CHRISTENSEN

Inventor： NICHOLAS K. CHRISTENSEN

IPC: B64D1/02 ,  B64C31/02 ,  B64C11/00 ,  B64C39/02

CPC classification number: B64C31/02 ,  B64C37/02 ,  B64C39/024 ,  B64C2201/021 ,  B64C2201/027 ,  B64C2201/082 ,  B64C2201/086 ,  B64C2201/104 ,  B64C2201/108 ,  B64C2201/162 ,  B64C2201/206

Abstract: One example includes a dual-aircraft system. The system includes a glider aircraft configured to perform at least one mission objective in a gliding-flight mode during a mission objective stage. The system also includes an unmanned singlecopter configured to couple to the glider aircraft via a mechanical linkage to provide propulsion for the glider aircraft during a takeoff and delivery stage. The unmanned singlecopter can be further configured to decouple from the glider aircraft during a detach stage in response to achieving at least one of a predetermined altitude and a predetermined geographic location to provide the gliding-flight mode associated with the glider aircraft, such that the glider aircraft subsequently enters the mission objective stage.