TILTING HEXROTOR AIRCRAFT

TILTING HEXROTOR AIRCRAFT

One embodiment is an aircraft including a fuselage; a wing connected to the fuselage; first and second booms connected to the wing on opposite sides of the fuselage; first and second forward propulsion systems attached to forward ends of the first and second booms; first and second aft propulsion sy...

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Hauptverfasser: Groninga, Kirk L, Campbell, Kip Gregory, Hagerott, Steven G, Passe, Brad Joseph, Regnier, Bradley Paul, Schafer, Steve R, Ivans, Steven R, Ross, Brent C, Carlson, Nicholas Ralph
Format: Patent
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
AEROPLANES
AIRCRAFT
AVIATION
COSMONAUTICS
HELICOPTERS
PERFORMING OPERATIONS
TRANSPORTING
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Zusammenfassung:One embodiment is an aircraft including a fuselage; a wing connected to the fuselage; first and second booms connected to the wing on opposite sides of the fuselage; first and second forward propulsion systems attached to forward ends of the first and second booms; first and second aft propulsion systems fixedly attached proximate aft ends of the first and second booms; and first and second wing-mounted propulsion systems connected to outboard ends of wings; wherein the first and second wing-mounted propulsion systems are tiltable between a first position when the aircraft is in a hover mode and a second position when the aircraft is in a cruise mode.