Anduril Industries, Inc.

Kevin Heffelfinger

Gregory Joseph Toland

Lane Iverson

Matthew J Goldberg

The present application discloses an aircraft configured for vertical take-off and landing and horizontal flight. The aircraft includes one or more processors configured to control distribution of fuel among a plurality of aircraft fuel tanks. Controlling the distribution of fuel includes: (a) determining a first fuel level in a first nacelle fuel tank, wherein the first nacelle fuel tank is configured to provide a supply of fuel to a first engine during both (i) a vertical take-off and land operation, and (ii) a horizontal flight operation, (b) determining a fuselage fuel level in a fuselage fuel tank, and (c) determining whether to redistribute fuel across at least the first nacelle fuel tank and the fuselage fuel tank based at least in part on the first fuel level and the fuselage fuel level.

Fuel measurement for vertical take-off dual-engine aircraft

The present application discloses an aircraft configured for vertical take-off and landing and horizontal flight. The aircraft includes (i) a first nacelle fuel tank configured to hold a first fuel supply for a first engine and to selectively provide fuel to the first engine during both (a) a vertical take-off and landing, and (b) horizontal flight; (ii) a fuselage fuel tank, and (iii) a control system configured to redistribute fuel between the first nacelle fuel tank and the fuselage fuel tank.

Fuel distribution for vertical take-off dual-engine aircraft

The present application discloses an aircraft configured for vertical take-off and landing and horizontal flight. The aircraft includes a valve configured to control the permitting or restricting of a release of gas from different regions of a fuel tank when the aircraft is in a vertical take-off and landing orientation and when the aircraft is in a horizontal flight orientation.

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Gardena, CA, United States of America

Kevin Heffelfinger