Abstract:
An electric tail-sitter aircraft configured to transport passengers and/or cargo between locations. The aircraft includes a flight module, a ground module and a payload module. The flight module is a wing that can rotate with respect to the rest of the aircraft, from vertical to horizontal and vice versa. A plurality of electrically driven propellers are attached to the wing, providing vector thrusting (through the rotation of the wing) and differential thrusting to control the different phases of the flight (vertical take-off and landing, horizontal, transition between the previous two). The payload module is an interchangeable component that can be a cabin for passenger transportation or a cargo container. It can actively shift its position in the aircraft in order to control the center of gravity position. The ground module may include wheels, a transmission, suspension, and carry the payload module. It is connected to the flight module through an L-shaped hinge, where the wing rotates to a plane behind the hinging point, in order to have the center of gravity adjusted as to be located on the hinging axis.
Abstract:
An impact protection apparatus (100, 200, 300) is provided, comprising a gas container (110, 210, 310) configured to hold compressed gas and an inflatable member (130, 230, 330) configured to be inflated by the gas and function as an airbag of a movable object, such as an aerial vehicle (400, 500). A valve (120, 220, 320) controls flow of gas from the container (110, 210, 310) to the inflatable member (130, 230, 330) in response to a signal from a valve controller (140, 240, 340). The valve (120, 220, 320) and valve controller (140, 240, 340) are powered by an independent power source (250, 350) than one or more other systems of the movable object. A safety mechanism (360) may also be provided that, unless deactivated, prevents inflation of the inflatable member (130, 230, 330).
Abstract:
A system for configuring landing supports of a load to land on uneven terrain includes a terrain sensor configured to detect a terrain characteristic of the uneven terrain. The system further includes landing supports configured to support the load upon landing. The system also includes a support control device operatively coupled to the landing supports, and a landing support control computer that is operatively coupled to the terrain sensor, landing supports, and support control device. The landing support control computer may determine if landing on the uneven terrain is allowable, based on the terrain characteristic and a load characteristic of the load. Upon determining that landing on the uneven terrain is allowable, the support control device configures the landing supports for landing on the uneven terrain.
Abstract:
본 발명에 의한 동체 이착륙이 가능한 항공기 및 이 항공기의 이착륙 시스템은, 저면에 강착면(landing surface)이 형성되는 항공기 동체가 안착되어 활주방향으로 미끄러지면서 이착륙되도록 다수 개의 이착륙용 롤러가 활주방향으로 배열됨으로써, 별도의 랜딩기어 없이 항공기 동체가 활주면체에 접촉되어 이착륙될 수 있다. 이를 통해 항공기 중량을 낮출 수 있을 뿐만 아니라 항공기의 연료 소모량을 줄일 수 있으며 항공기 내 유효 공간을 넓힐 수 있고 이착륙 장치의 마찰력을 이용하여 활주로의 길이를 줄일 수 있고 항공기의 이착륙 안전성을 높일 수 있다.
Abstract:
This invention refers to a set of applied devices (12) at the undercarriage landing (10) of airplanes (01), with the purpose of clean and dry the airstrip (16) through compressed air jets (14), becoming an anti-aquaplaning system, where compressed air will be directly canalized by a turbine (for the airplanes that have turbines), or kept into a compressed air tank to clean and dry the rainwater of the airstrip.
Abstract:
يتعلق الإختراع الحالي بنظام جديد بالكامل يساهم في موازنة جسم الطائرة بشكل عام وأثناء الهبوط بشكل خاص ويعتمد بشكل كامل على قوة الدفع المنبعثة من محرك الطائرة، ويعمل النظام على توجيه قوة دفع المحرك عن طريق أنبوب متكيف يوضع في نهاية المحرك قابل للحركة من جميع الإتجاهات حيث يوجه قوة الدفع في الاتجاه المناسب و تكمن أهمية النظام في حل مشكلة الرياح القوية اثناء الهبوط حيث أن الرياح تدفع جسم الطائرة من جانب واحد مما يؤدي الى عدم ثبات جسم الطائرة وبالتالي يصعب الهبوط.
Abstract:
A device (100) for moving aircraft along the ground comprises at least one runway (10, 18a, 18b, 18c) and at least one aircraft. The aircraft is secured to a tractor element (30) comprising a magnetic mass (31) formed mainly of type II superconductor material and the runway (10, 18a, 18b, 18c) comprises stator coils (12) arranged in the runway in at least one line of coils which is parallel to an axis (11) of the runway. A command/control system (13) supplies power to the stator coils in such a way as to create a magnetic field that levitates the tractor element (30), magnetized beforehand into a phase II superconducting state, above the runway.