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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 07, 2020
Filed:
Apr. 26, 2017
Airbus Helicopters, Marignane, FR;
Lionel Thomassey, Fos sur Mer, FR;
AIRBUS HELICOPTERS, Marignane, FR;
Abstract
A drone comprising a carrier structure, at least three lift propulsion rotors and a control system delivering at least one electrical power supply to at least three electric motors driving said at least three rotors, said at least three rotors being spaced apart longitudinally and transversely beside one another, wherein said drone includes a wing carrying two half-wings symmetrically about an anteroposterior plane of symmetry P of said drone, serving at least to increase the lift of said drone, each of said two half-wings including at least one movable portion suitable for moving relative to said carrier structure of said drone with at least a first degree of freedom to move in rotation about a first pivot axis parallel to a longitudinal direction X of said drone; and two first electric actuators respectively enabling each of said movable portions of one of said two half-wings.