公开(公告)号：US20210122468A1

公开(公告)日：2021-04-29

申请号：US17005704

申请日：2020-08-28

Applicant: Bell Textron Inc.

Inventor： Kevin Morris ,  Nicholas Brodeur ,  Pascal Flynn-Robitaille ,  Mathieu Beland

IPC: B64D1/10 ,  B64C29/02 ,  B64C39/08 ,  B64C1/00 ,  B64C1/22 ,  B64C1/14 ,  B64D27/24 ,  B64C39/02 ,  B64D41/00 ,  G05D1/10 ,  E05F15/00

Abstract: An autonomous cargo delivery aircraft operable to transition between thrust-borne lift in a VTOL orientation and wing-borne lift in a biplane orientation. The aircraft includes a fuselage having an aerodynamic shape with a leading edge, a trailing edge and first and second sides. First and second wings are coupled to the fuselage proximate the first and second sides, respectively. A distributed thrust array includes a first pair of propulsion assemblies coupled to the first wing and a second pair of propulsion assemblies coupled to the second wing. A flight control system is operably associated with the distributed thrust array and configured to independently control each of the propulsion assemblies. The first side of the fuselage includes a door configured to provide access to a cargo bay disposed within the fuselage from an exterior of the aircraft with a predetermined clearance relative to the first pair of propulsion assemblies.