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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 15, 2016
Filed:
May. 30, 2014
Airbus Helicopters, Marignane, FR;
Pierre Prud'Homme-Lacroix, Vitrolles, FR;
Airbus Helicopters, Marignane, FR;
Abstract
A hybrid aircraft () having a fuselage () extending longitudinally along an anteroposterior plane of symmetry (PSYM) from the rear () of the aircraft () towards the front () of the aircraft (). The aircraft () has a rotary wing () carried by the fuselage () of a lift surface () fastened to the fuselage () and constituted by a first half-wing () and a second half-wing (). The aircraft () has a first propulsion unit () carried by the first half-wing () and a second propulsion unit () carried by the second half-wing (). Each propulsion unit () includes at least one tractor propeller (), and at least one propulsion unit has two propellers (--) on the same axis, each of said propellers rotating about an axis of rotation (AX) that is offset transversely from said anteroposterior plane of symmetry (PSYM).