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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 30, 2024
Filed:
Feb. 03, 2022
Volocopter Gmbh, Bruchsal, DE;
Volocopter GmbH, Bruchsal, DE;
Abstract
A VTOL aircraft () having a fuselage () for transporting passengers and/or load, front and rear wings () attached to the fuselage, a right connecting beam () and a left connecting beam (), which connecting beams structurally connect the front wing and the rear wing, and which connecting beams are spaced apart from the fuselage, and at least two lifting units (M-M) on each one of the connecting beams. The lifting units each include at least one propeller () and at least one motor () driving the propeller, preferably an electric motor, and are arranged with their respective propeller axis in an essentially vertical orientation. The front wing, at least in portions thereof, has a sweep angle γ between γ=45° and γ=135°, and the rear wing, at least in portions thereof, has a forward sweep with sweep angle β≥30°.