The Texas A&M University System

Vinod Lakshminarayan

David Harold Coleman

Moble Benedict

Bochan Lee

Eric Greenwood

Carl C Runco

Vishaal Subramanian

Farid Saemi

Atanu Halder

Andrew Riha

A hover-capable aircraft includes a body including a tubular strut, a first rotor assembly rotatably coupled to the body and positioned about the strut, wherein the first rotor assembly includes a first plurality of circumferentially-spaced blades, a first actuation assembly including a first plurality of electronically controlled actuators coupled to a first swashplate and configured to control the movement of the first swashplate relative to the body, and a control system coupled to the body and configured to control the first plurality of actuators, wherein the control system includes a cable extending through a passage formed in the tubular strut and in signal communication with the first plurality of actuators.

Hover-capable aircraft

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Sunnyvale, CA, United States of America

Vinod Lakshminarayan