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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 13, 2021
Filed:
Apr. 09, 2019
Applicant:
Kitty Hawk Corporation, Mountain View, CA (US);
Inventors:
Gregory Mainland Horn, Mountain View, CA (US);
Damon Vander Lind, East Palo Alto, CA (US);
Assignee:
Kitty Hawk Corporation, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C 27/24 (2006.01); G05B 11/42 (2006.01); B64C 27/26 (2006.01); B64C 29/00 (2006.01); B64C 27/82 (2006.01); B64C 27/30 (2006.01); B64C 27/615 (2006.01); B64C 27/467 (2006.01); B64C 27/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C 27/24 (2013.01); B64C 27/14 (2013.01); B64C 27/26 (2013.01); B64C 27/30 (2013.01); B64C 27/467 (2013.01); B64C 27/615 (2013.01); B64C 27/82 (2013.01); B64C 29/0025 (2013.01); G05B 11/42 (2013.01); B64C 2027/8236 (2013.01);
Abstract
While an aircraft is mid-flight, a braking start point associated with a stoppable rotor is calculated where the stoppable rotor includes a first and second blade and the stoppable rotor is configured to rotate about a substantially vertical axis. A process to stop the stoppable rotor is started, while the aircraft is mid-flight, when the stoppable rotor reaches the braking start point, where the stoppable rotor is stopped with the first blade pointing forward and the second blade pointing backward.