Title:
VERTICALLY ORIENTED TUBE-LAUNCHABLE ROTARY WING AIRCRAFT HAVING RESPECTIVE ROTORS AT OPPOSITE ENDS OF A MAIN BODY
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2018/231321
Kind Code:
A3
Abstract:
An expendable rotary wing unmanned aircraft capable of storage in a cylindrical housing includes a longitudinally extending body having an upper end and a lower end; and a pair of counter-rotating coaxial rotors each located at respective ends of longitudinally-extending body, wherein each rotor includes two or more blades, each blade rotatably coupled to a remainder of the rotor at a hinged joint and thereby extending along a length of the body in a storage configuration and extending radially outward from the body in a flight configuration.
Inventors:
TAYMAN STEVEN (US)
Application Number:
PCT/US2018/025323
Publication Date:
February 14, 2019
Filing Date:
March 30, 2018
Export Citation:
Assignee:
US GOV SEC NAVY (US)
International Classes:
B64C39/02; B64C25/32; B64C27/10
Foreign References:
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Attorney, Agent or Firm:
BROOME, Kerry, L. (US)
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