TANDEM TILTROTOR AIRCRAFT

A tandem tiltrotor aircraft (10) in which the tiltrotor assemblies (16, 18) are operably coupled at the forward and aft ends of the fuselage (12) of the aircraft (10) is disclosed. The tiltrotor assemblies (16, 18) are capable of rotating between a vertical lift position and a horizontal flight posi...

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Main Authors WITTMAAK Jr, John Robert, LOVELAND, Steven M, CHUNG, Stephen Yibum, LOUIS, Matthew Edward
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
French
German
Published 22.07.2020
Subjects
AEROPLANES
AIRCRAFT
AVIATION
COSMONAUTICS
HELICOPTERS
PERFORMING OPERATIONS
TRANSPORTING
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Summary:A tandem tiltrotor aircraft (10) in which the tiltrotor assemblies (16, 18) are operably coupled at the forward and aft ends of the fuselage (12) of the aircraft (10) is disclosed. The tiltrotor assemblies (16, 18) are capable of rotating between a vertical lift position and a horizontal flight position. The in-line location of the tiltrotor assemblies (16, 18) allow the aircraft (10) to have the vertical take-off and landing capabilities, and, in combination with the at least one wing (14), can be used in horizontal flight. The nacelles can be disposed on the fuselage (12) they are coaxial in forward flight and do not add to the drag profile like wing-tip nacelles would. When wing-borne flight is desired some or all of the rotors can rotate down so the thrust vector is in a generally horizontal plane.
Bibliography:Application Number: EP20200150282