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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 31, 2021
Filed:
Oct. 19, 2018
Applicant:
Kitty Hawk Corporation, Mountain View, CA (US);
Inventors:
Alexander David Selwa, Mountain View, CA (US);
Todd Reichert, Mountain View, CA (US);
Mark Johnson Cutler, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Assignee:
Kitty Hawk Corporation, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C 13/04 (2006.01); B64C 27/08 (2006.01); B64C 27/20 (2006.01); G05D 1/08 (2006.01); G05D 1/10 (2006.01); G05G 9/047 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C 13/0421 (2018.01); B64C 27/08 (2013.01); B64C 27/20 (2013.01); G05D 1/0816 (2013.01); G05D 1/0858 (2013.01); G05D 1/102 (2013.01); G05G 9/047 (2013.01);
Abstract
Hand controls for an aircraft, including a single axis hand control which is configured to control movement of an aircraft along a vertical axis where the aircraft includes a plurality of rotors that are attached to the aircraft at a fixed position and the plurality of rotors rotate independently of one another. The hand controls further include a three axis hand control which is configured to control movement of the aircraft within a plane defined by a roll axis and a pitch axis, as well as about a yaw axis.