Title:
METHOD FOR VERTICAL TAKEOFF FROM AND LANDING ON INCLINED SURFACES
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP2008290704
Kind Code:
A
Abstract:
To provide an unmanned air vehicle capable of performing vertical takeoff from and landing on inclined surfaces.
Takeoff and landing modes are added to a flight control system of a Vertical Take-Off and Landing (VTOL) Unmanned Air Vehicle (UAV). The takeoff and landing modes use data available to the flight control system and the VTOL UAV's existing control surfaces and throttle control. As a result, the VTOL UAV can takeoff from and land on inclined surfaces without the use of landing gear mechanisms designed to level the UAV on the inclined surfaces.
More Like This:
| WO/2017/086639 | AIRCRAFT |
| WO/2020/112887 | ARTICULATED MAGNET-BEARING LEGS FOR UAV LANDING ON CURVED SURFACES |
| JP4953400 | Overload detection |
Inventors:
HURSIG DAVID C
MARTINEZ STEVEN D
MARTINEZ STEVEN D
Application Number:
JP2008042051A
Publication Date:
December 04, 2008
Filing Date:
February 22, 2008
Export Citation:
Assignee:
HONEYWELL INT INC
International Classes:
B64C25/32; B64C29/00
Domestic Patent References:
| JPH11115896A | 1999-04-27 |
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Kazuo Shamoto
Shinjiro Ono
Yasushi Kobayashi
Akio Chiba
Hiroyuki Tomita
Fujihiro Kanda
Shinjiro Ono
Yasushi Kobayashi
Akio Chiba
Hiroyuki Tomita
Fujihiro Kanda
Previous Patent: BRAKE DEVICE AND STRADDLE-TYPE VEHICLE
Next Patent: VEHICLE HAVING SUPPORTING STRUCTURE OF FRONT AXLE GEAR
Next Patent: VEHICLE HAVING SUPPORTING STRUCTURE OF FRONT AXLE GEAR