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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 08, 2018
Filed:
Jun. 17, 2016
Applicant:
Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation, Stratford, CT (US);
Inventors:
Cody Fegely, Milford, CT (US);
Stephen Kubik, Shelton, CT (US);
Assignee:
SIKORSKY AIRCRAFT CORPORATION, Stratford, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05D 1/06 (2006.01); G05D 1/08 (2006.01); B64C 13/18 (2006.01); B64C 29/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G05D 1/0676 (2013.01); B64C 13/18 (2013.01); B64C 29/02 (2013.01); G05D 1/0623 (2013.01); G05D 1/0858 (2013.01);
Abstract
A vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) aircraft is provided and includes a fuselage, wings extending outwardly from the fuselage to define a wing plane and a prop-rotor operably disposed to generate thrust, a flight computer and controllable surfaces disposed on at least one of the fuselage, the wings and the prop-rotor. The controllable surfaces are controllable by the flight computer to position the wing plane in accordance with a predominant local wind direction.