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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 02, 2020
Filed:
Dec. 04, 2018
Kitty Hawk Corporation, Mountain View, CA (US);
Aldo Daniele Longhi, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Todd Reichert, Mountain View, CA (US);
Cameron Robertson, San Mateo, CA (US);
Joseph Roop, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Christopher Scott Saunders, San Jose, CA (US);
Zachais Vawter, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Kitty Hawk Corporation, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Abstract
A multicopter with boom mounted rotors is disclosed. In various embodiments, a multicopter includes multiple rotors, each mounted substantially horizontally on a distal end of a boom. The multicopter further includes a plurality of boom extensions, each boom extension being associated with a corresponding boom and each boom extension being configured to extend an associated distal end of said corresponding boom by an amount determined based at least in part on a swept area associated with a rotor mounted at or near said associated distal end. The multicopter includes a material, such as netting, secured to the aircraft and of a size sufficient to reach a far end of one or more of said boom extensions.