公开(公告)号：US20220135217A1

公开(公告)日：2022-05-05

申请号：US17089048

申请日：2020-11-04

Applicant: Textron Innovations Inc.

Inventor： John Robert Wittmaak, JR. ,  Joshua Allan Edler ,  Eric Christopher Terry ,  Joseph Daniel Leachman

IPC: B64C29/02 ,  B64C39/08 ,  B64C3/32 ,  B64D1/10 ,  B64C1/14 ,  B64D9/00 ,  B64D1/12 ,  G05D1/10

Abstract: An aircraft operable to transition between thrust-borne lift in a VTOL orientation and wing-borne lift in a biplane orientation. The aircraft has an airframe including first and second wings with first and second pylons coupled therebetween. A distributed thrust array is coupled to the airframe including a plurality of propulsion assemblies coupled to the first wing and a plurality of propulsion assemblies coupled to the second wing. A cargo pod is coupled between the first and second pylons. The cargo pod is rotatable between a loading configuration, substantially perpendicular to the wings and a transportation and deployment configuration, substantially parallel to the wings. A flight control system is configured to independently control each of the propulsion assemblies and to autonomously deploy a payload from the cargo pod at a desired location.

公开(公告)号：US11319064B1

公开(公告)日：2022-05-03

申请号：US17089048

申请日：2020-11-04

Applicant: Textron Innovations Inc.

Inventor： John Robert Wittmaak, Jr. ,  Joshua Allan Edler ,  Eric Christopher Terry ,  Joseph Daniel Leachman

IPC: B64C29/02 ,  B64C39/08 ,  B64C3/32 ,  G05D1/10 ,  B64C1/14 ,  B64D9/00 ,  B64D1/12 ,  B64D1/10

Abstract: An aircraft operable to transition between thrust-borne lift in a VTOL orientation and wing-borne lift in a biplane orientation. The aircraft has an airframe including first and second wings with first and second pylons coupled therebetween. A distributed thrust array is coupled to the airframe including a plurality of propulsion assemblies coupled to the first wing and a plurality of propulsion assemblies coupled to the second wing. A cargo pod is coupled between the first and second pylons. The cargo pod is rotatable between a loading configuration, substantially perpendicular to the wings and a transportation and deployment configuration, substantially parallel to the wings. A flight control system is configured to independently control each of the propulsion assemblies and to autonomously deploy a payload from the cargo pod at a desired location.