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Date of Patent:
Dec. 09, 2025

Filed:

Feb. 13, 2024
Applicant:

Pipistrel D.o.o., Ajdovščina, SI;

Inventors:

Gregor Čretnik, Ljubljana, SI;

David Eržen, Ljubljana, SI;

Rok Lapuh, Ljubljana, SI;

Andres Žnidar, Vrhnika, SI;

Tine Tomažič, Vrhnika, SI;

Blaž Močan, Ljubljana, SI;

Jernej Drofelnik, Ljubljana, SI;

Jernej Pirnar, Tržič, SI;

Tadej Kosel, Komenda, SI;

Antonio Righetti, Farra d'Isonzo, IT;

Thomas Koopman, Ljubljana, SI;

Matej Andrejašič, Postojna, SI;

Assignee:

Pipistrel d.o.o., Ajdovscina, SI;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C 29/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C 29/0025 (2013.01);
Abstract

A vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) aircraft includes a maximum takeoff weight (MTOW) of about 1700-kg, a cruising speed of about 80-knots equivalent airspeed (EAS) to about 100-knots EAS, a nominal range of about 300-km, a nominal flight time of about 4-hours, and at least one pair of rotors configured to provide vertical thrust. Each rotor of the at least one pair includes an about 2-meter propeller diameter, a disk loading of about 67-kg/mto about 110-kg/m, and an operating speed of about 1800 rotations-per-minute (RPM) to about 2700-RPM.


Find Patent Forward Citations

Čretnik, Gregor. (2025). Vertical takeoff and landing aircraft (U.S. Patent No. 12491995). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/12491995

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