Title:
横風飛行とホバー飛行の間で航空車両を移行させる方法およびシステム
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP6423943
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:
JP2017216487A
Publication Date:
November 14, 2018
Filing Date:
November 09, 2017
Export Citation:
Assignee:
X Development LLC
International Classes:
B64C31/06; B64C13/18; B64D27/24; B64F3/02; F03D5/00; F03D9/32
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Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Yoshiyuki Inaba
Mutsumi Sato
Mutsumi Sato