Title:
The method and system to which aviation vehicles are made to shift between a side wind flight and a hobber flight
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP6243532
Kind Code:
B2
Abstract:
A method may involve operating an aerial vehicle (130) to travel along a first closed path (450A) while oriented in a crosswind-flight orientation. A tether (120) may be connected to the aerial vehicle (130) on a first end and may be connected to a ground station on a second end. The method may further involve while the aerial vehicle (130) is in the crosswind-flight orientation, operating the aerial vehicle (130) to travel along a second closed path (450B) , such that a speed of the aerial vehicle is reduced. And the method may involve after or while the speed of the aerial vehicle (130) is reduced, transitioning the aerial vehicle (130) from traveling along the second closed path (450B) while in the crosswind-flight orientation to a hover-flight orientation.
Inventors:
Jensen, Kenneth
Chub, Eric, Christopher
Vander Lind, Demon
Chub, Eric, Christopher
Vander Lind, Demon
Application Number:
JP2016531980A
Publication Date:
December 06, 2017
Filing Date:
December 22, 2014
Export Citation:
Assignee:
X Development LLC
International Classes:
B64F3/02; B64C31/06; B64C39/02; B64D27/24
Foreign References:
| US20110260462 | ||||
| US20120104763 |
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Yoshiyuki Inaba
Mutsumi Sato
Mutsumi Sato