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Date of Patent:
Feb. 23, 2021

Filed:

Dec. 22, 2017
Applicant:

Facebook, Inc., Menlo Park, CA (US);

Inventors:

Zhang Liu, Oak Park, CA (US);

Amnon G. Talmor, Burbank, CA (US);

Assignee:

Facebook, Inc., Menlo Park, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05D 1/08 (2006.01); B64C 9/00 (2006.01); B64C 39/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G05D 1/0808 (2013.01); B64C 9/00 (2013.01); B64C 39/08 (2013.01); B64D 2211/00 (2013.01);
Abstract

In one embodiment, an aircraft includes one or more first wings configured to produce lift in a first direction when the aircraft is moving in a second direction that is substantially perpendicular to the first direction. The first wings may also produce a centripetal force when the aircraft is banking while moving in the second direction. The aircraft may also include one or more second wings affixed and oriented substantially perpendicular to the first wings and configured to produce a counter force in a third direction that is substantially perpendicular to both the first direction and the second direction. The counter force may reduce the centripetal force when the aircraft is banking.


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