摘要:
A magnetic locking system and methods for restricting movement of an electric aircraft motor is provided. A locking system may include a magnetic lock, which includes a first magnetic component and a second magnetic component. First and second magnetic components may be configured to attract each other and thus lock rotor in a certain position. The first or second magnetic component may include an electromagnet so that magnetic lock may be engaged or disengaged based on one or more parameters, such as a detection by a sensor or a signal generated by a controller.
摘要:
In an aspect of the present disclosure is a system for in-flight re-routing of an electric aircraft including a battery pack configured to provide electrical power to the electric aircraft; a sensor configured to detect at least a temperature metric of the battery pack and generate a temperature datum based on the at least a temperature metric; a controller communicatively connected to the sensor, the controller configured to: receive the temperature datum from the sensor; and re-route the electric aircraft based on the temperature datum.
摘要:
A system includes a first battery in a vehicle. The vehicle is capable of being coupled at least temporarily with a second, removable battery and is powered by at least one of the first or the second battery. The system also includes a controller in the vehicle which is configured to estimate an amount of travel-related charge based at least in part on a pickup and drop off location. It is decided whether to charge the first battery using the second battery based at least in part on the amount of travel-related charge and a measured amount of stored charge in the second battery. If it is decided to do so, the first battery is charged using the second battery.
摘要:
A tailsitter aircraft for deploying a tow line includes an airframe having wings with pylons extending therebetween and a thrust array attached to the airframe, the thrust array including propulsion assemblies configured to transition the airframe between a forward flight orientation and a VTOL orientation. The tailsitter aircraft includes an attenuation spool coupled to the airframe and an attenuation cable having a first end coupled to the attenuation spool and a second end coupled to the tow line, the attenuation cable partially or fully wound around the attenuation spool. The tailsitter aircraft also includes a spool sensor to detect movement of the attenuation spool and a flight control system implementing a tow line tension monitoring module in communication with the spool sensor to determine a tow line tension parameter and a tow line tension reaction module to initiate an aircraft response based on the tow line tension parameter.
摘要:
A vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) aircraft according to an aspect of the present invention comprises a fuselage, an empennage having an all-moving horizontal stabilizer located at a tail end of the fuselage, a wing having the fuselage positioned approximately halfway between the distal ends of the wing, wherein the wing is configured to transform between a substantially straight wing configuration and a canted wing configuration using a canted hinge located on each side of the fuselage. The VTOL aircraft may further includes one or more retractable pogo supports, wherein a retractable pogo support is configured to deploy from each of the wing's distal ends.
摘要:
A vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) aircraft according to an aspect of the present invention comprises a fuselage, an empennage having an all-moving horizontal stabilizer located at a tail end of the fuselage, a wing having the fuselage positioned approximately halfway between the distal ends of the wing, wherein the wing is configured to transform between a substantially straight wing configuration and a canted wing configuration using a canted hinge located on each side of the fuselage. The VTOL aircraft may further includes one or more retractable pogo supports, wherein a retractable pogo support is configured to deploy from each of the wing's distal ends.
摘要:
Method of apparatus operation are disclosed for advantageously developing fluid-reaction lift control and also attitude control in improved manners in aircraft systems of the type capable of vertical, hovering, transitional, and conventional modes of flight operation. The apparatus consists of an aircraft system having an airframe with right and left primary airfoils and right and left canard airfoils, spaced-apart forward and after rotatable flap members in each airfoil which define a lift ejector diffuser section having a divergence angle, an engine operable at different rotational speeds to produce different corresponding high-energy primary fluid flows and a duct system for selectively distributing the total primary fluid flow from the engine to the lift ejector diffuser sections in each airfoil. The method of operating the control system comprises the steps of: operating the engine at a constant rotational speed and output power to produce a total primary fluid flow; distributing the total primary fluid flow to the lift ejector diffuser sections in proportions divided equally between said right and left airfoils; and changing the altitude or attitude of the aircraft by rotating the forward and after flap members in opposite directions with respect to each other in each of the airfoils to change the lift ejector divergence angles while the rotational speed, output power and total primary fluid flow of the engine and the proportional distribution of the total primary fluid flow remains constant.