Aerovironment, Inc.

Henry Thome Won

Quentin Lindsey

Alexander Andryukov

Matthew Todd Keennon

Karl Robert Klingebiel

Pavel Belik

Jeremy D Tyler

Andrew Logan

Systems, devices, and methods for receiving, by a processor having addressable memory, data representing a geographical area for imaging by one or more sensors of an aerial vehicle; determining one or more straight-line segments covering the geographical area; determining one or more waypoints located at an end of each determined straight-line segment, where each waypoint comprises a geographical location, an altitude, and a direction of travel; determining one or more turnarounds connecting each of the straight-line segments, where each turnaround comprises one or more connecting segments; and generating, by the processor, a flight plan for the aerial vehicle comprising: the determined one or more straight-line segments and the determined one or more turnarounds connecting each straight-line segment.

Methods and systems for determining flight plans for vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) aerial vehicles

Systems, devices, and methods for an aircraft having a fuselage; a wing extending from both sides of the fuselage; a first pair of motors disposed at a first end of the wing; and a second pair of motors disposed at a second end of the wing; where each motor is angled to provide a component of thrust by a propeller attached thereto that for a desired aircraft movement applies a resulting torque additive to the resulting torque created by rotating the propellers.

Vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) winged air vehicle with complementary angled rotors

Systems, devices, and methods that may include: determining one or more take-off variables for a vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) aerial vehicle; increasing an altitude of the VTOL aerial vehicle to a first altitude, where increasing the altitude comprises substantially vertical flight of the VTOL aerial vehicle; performing a first pre-rotation check of the VTOL aerial vehicle; adjusting a pitch of the VTOL aerial vehicle to a first pitch angle via motor control; adjusting the pitch of the VTOL aerial vehicle to a second pitch angle via at least one of: motor control and one or more effectors; and adjusting the pitch of the VTOL aerial vehicle to a third pitch angle via the one or more effectors, where the third pitch angle is substantially perpendicular to a vertical plane.

Methods and systems for energy-efficient take-offs and landings for vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) aerial vehicles

A flapping wing driving apparatus includes at least one crank gear capstan rotatably coupled to a crank gear, the at least one crank gear capstan disposed radially offset from a center of rotation of the crank gear; a first wing capstan coupled to a first wing, the first wing capstan having a first variable-radius drive pulley portion; and a first drive linking member configured to drive the first wing capstan, the first drive linking member windably coupled between the first variable-radius drive pulley portion and one of the at least one crank gear capstan; wherein the first wing capstan is configured to non-constantly, angularly rotate responsive to a constant angular rotation of the crank gear.

Air vehicle flight mechanism and control method for non-sinusoidal wing flapping

Systems, devices, and methods for an aircraft having a fuselage (); a wing () extending from both sides of the fuselage; a first pair of motors () disposed at a first end of the wing; and a second pair of motors () disposed at a second end of the wing; where each motor is angled () to provide a component of thrust by a propeller () attached thereto that for a desired aircraft movement applies a resulting torque additive to the resulting torque created by rotating the propellers.

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