公开(公告)号：WO2019045864A1

公开(公告)日：2019-03-07

申请号：PCT/US2018/039974

申请日：2018-06-28

Applicant: KITTY HAWK CORPORATION

Inventor： SELWA, Alexander, David ,  REICHERT, Todd ,  CUTLER, Mark, Johnson

IPC: G05D1/00

Abstract: Hand controls for an aircraft, including a single axis hand control which is configured to control movement of an aircraft along a vertical axis where the aircraft includes a plurality of rotors that are attached to the aircraft at a fixed position and the plurality of rotors rotate independently of one another., The hand controls further include a three axis hand control which is configured to control movement of the aircraft within a plane defined by a roll axis and a pitch axis, as well as about a yaw axis.

公开(公告)号：WO2021257132A1

公开(公告)日：2021-12-23

申请号：PCT/US2021/020327

申请日：2021-03-01

Applicant: KITTY HAWK CORPORATION

Inventor： KWON, Dennis, Young ,  SELWA, Alexander, David

IPC: B64F5/60 ,  B64C2201/042 ,  B64C27/20 ,  B64D2045/0085 ,  B64D27/24 ,  G07C5/0808 ,  G07C5/0816 ,  G07C5/0825

Abstract: In an embodiment, a system for generating a motor wear metric includes a process configured to obtain a signal associated with a motor of an aircraft, determine a motor wear metric based at least in part on the obtained signal, and output information about motor wear based at least in part on the determined motor wear metric. The system includes a memory coupled to the processor and configured to provide the processor with instructions and store the determined motor wear metric.

公开(公告)号：WO2019112682A1

公开(公告)日：2019-06-13

申请号：PCT/US2018/053166

申请日：2018-09-27

Applicant: KITTY HAWK CORPORATION

Inventor： CUTLER, Mark, Johnson ,  SELWA, Alexander, David

IPC: G05D1/06 ,  G05D1/04 ,  G05D1/00 ,  B64C29/00

Abstract: Autonomous flight is performed in an open loop mode over a first range of altitudes, wherein a plurality altitude-related data from a plurality of altitude-related sensors is ignored while performing the autonomous flight in the open loop mode. The autonomous flight is performed in a closed loop mode over a second range of altitudes, wherein: the plurality of altitude-related data from the plurality of altitude-related sensors is used while performing the autonomous flight in the closed loop mode, and the first range of altitudes is a non- overlapping, lower range of altitudes compared to the second range of altitudes.