Title:
転換式垂直離着陸小型空中輸送装置
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP2005533700
Kind Code:
A
Abstract:
A vertical take-off and landing miniature aerial vehicle includes an upper fuselage segment and a lower fuselage segment that extend in opposite directions from a rotor guard assembly. A rotor rotates within the rotor guard assembly between the fuselage segments. Plural turning vanes extend from the rotor guard assembly beneath the rotor. Moreover, plural grid fins extend radially from the lower fuselage segment below the turning vanes. The aerial vehicle is capable of taking off and landing vertically. During flight, the aerial vehicle can hover and transition between a horizontal flight mode and a vertical flight mode using the grid fins.
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Inventors:
Ronald Martin Barrett
Application Number:
JP2003576268A
Publication Date:
November 10, 2005
Filing Date:
February 19, 2003
Export Citation:
Assignee:
SINGAPORE TECHNOLOGIES AEROSPACE LTD
International Classes:
B64C13/20; B64C27/20; B64C29/02; B64C39/02; B64C39/06; B64D37/00; B64D47/08; (IPC1-7): B64C29/02; B64C13/20; B64D37/00; B64D47/08
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Osamu Kawamiya
Masahiro Ishino
Masahiro Ishino