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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 17, 2023
Filed:
Feb. 18, 2020
Aurora Flight Sciences Corporation, Manassas, VA (US);
Tony Shuo Tao, Somerville, MA (US);
William Cooper Thalheimer, Cambridge, MA (US);
Robert William Parks, San Jose, CA (US);
Adrian Hachen, Bern, CH;
AURORA FLIGHT SCIENCES CORPORATION, Manassas, VA (US);
Abstract
Winged tilt-rotor vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) aircraft and related methods are disclosed. Aircraft comprise an airframe comprising one or more wings; one or more tilt-adjustable rotors positioned forward of the one or more wings; and one or more fixed-tilt rotors positioned behind at least one of the one or more wings. Methods comprise tilting only one or more forward rotors positioned in front of one or more wings of the aircraft, and not tilting one or more rearward rotors positioned behind at least one of the one or more wings.