公开(公告)号：US09957035B2

公开(公告)日：2018-05-01

申请号：US14172035

申请日：2014-02-04

Applicant: Texas A&M University System

Inventor： John Valasek ,  James Franklin May ,  Andrew Beckett ,  Cecil C. Rhodes, Jr.

IPC: B64C1/26 ,  B64C1/22 ,  B64C39/02 ,  B64C39/04

CPC classification number: B64C1/26 ,  B64C1/22 ,  B64C39/024 ,  B64C39/04 ,  B64C2201/021 ,  B64C2201/044 ,  B64C2201/128 ,  B64C2211/00

Abstract: The present invention relates to an aircraft. The aircraft includes a fuselage module for receiving a payload. The fuselage module includes a plurality of internal connections. The aircraft includes a wing module adjustably coupled to the fuselage module and a tail module coupled to the wing module. The wing module may be adjusted relative to the fuselage module to adjust a location of an aerodynamic center of the aircraft to maintain a pre-determined distance between the location of the aerodynamic center of the aircraft and the location of the center of gravity of the aircraft. A main landing gear may be adjusted relative to the fuselage module to adjust the location of the aerodynamic center of the aircraft to maintain a pre-determined distance between the location of the aerodynamic center of the aircraft and the location of the center of gravity of the aircraft.