ELECTRIC AIRCRAFT AND AERODYNAMIC PERFORMANCE CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR

    公开(公告)号:US20240109665A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-04-04

    申请号:US17754507

    申请日:2020-07-29

    IPC分类号: B64D31/16 B64D27/34 B64D35/04

    CPC分类号: B64D31/16 B64D27/34 B64D35/04

    摘要: To provide an electric aircraft and an aerodynamic performance control method therefor that are capable of optimizing aerodynamic performance of a wing in each flight phase or an emergency such as gust action without depending on the shape of a wing.
    To provide an electric aircraft and an aerodynamic performance control method therefor that are capable of optimizing aerodynamic performance of a wing in each flight phase or an emergency such as gust action without depending on the shape of a wing.
    [Solving Means] An electric aircraft 1 includes: one or two or more electric propulsion systems 20 each including a propeller or fan 21 for propulsion disposed to contribute to a lift of a main wing 11, 12, and an electric motor 22 that drives the propeller or fan 21; and a controller that adjusts the electric propulsion system 20 on the basis of a relationship between a variable relating to an operating state of the electric propulsion system 20 and an aerodynamic force generated on the main wing 11, 12 such that a total thrust by the electric propulsion systems 20 or the aerodynamic force on the main wing 11, 12 has a predetermined value or falls within a predetermined range.