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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 17, 2019
Filed:
Sep. 15, 2015
Applicant:
Rolls-royce Plc, London, GB;
Inventor:
Matthew Moxon, Derby, GB;
Assignee:
ROLLS-ROYCE plc, London, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C 11/00 (2006.01); B64C 3/38 (2006.01); B64C 3/52 (2006.01); B64C 29/00 (2006.01); B64C 11/46 (2006.01); B64D 45/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C 11/008 (2013.01); B64C 3/385 (2013.01); B64C 3/52 (2013.01); B64C 11/46 (2013.01); B64C 29/0033 (2013.01); B64D 45/00 (2013.01); B64D 2045/0085 (2013.01); Y02T 50/14 (2013.01);
Abstract
An aircraft (). The aircraft comprises a plurality of propellers () mounted to wings (). Each propeller comprises at least one blade () coupled to a respective propeller cyclic actuator () configured to cyclically alter the pitch of the respective blade () as the propeller rotates. The aircraft () is configured such that provision of cyclic pitch to the propeller () twists at least a portion of the wing () about a span of the wing () relative to the fuselage (), to thereby adjust the local angle of incidence of the wing ().