TANDEM TILTROTOR AIRCRAFT

A tiltrotor aircraft (10), comprising an elongated member (12) having a forward end and an aft end; a wing (14) operably coupled to the elongated member (12) at a point between the forward end and the aft end; a forward rotor assembly (16) having forward rotor blades and operably coupled to the forw...

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Main Authors Loveland, Steven M, Louis, Matthew Edward, Wittmann, Jr John Robert, Chung, Stephen Yibum
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
French
German
Published 25.08.2021
Subjects
AEROPLANES
AIRCRAFT
AVIATION
COSMONAUTICS
HELICOPTERS
PERFORMING OPERATIONS
TRANSPORTING
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Summary:A tiltrotor aircraft (10), comprising an elongated member (12) having a forward end and an aft end; a wing (14) operably coupled to the elongated member (12) at a point between the forward end and the aft end; a forward rotor assembly (16) having forward rotor blades and operably coupled to the forward end of the elongated member (12), the forward rotor assembly (16) operably rotatable between a vertical lift position and a horizontal flight position; and an aft rotor assembly (18) having aft rotor blades and operably coupled to the aft end of the elongated member (12), the aft rotor assembly (18) configured in a vertical lift position; wherein the forward rotor assembly (16) and the aft rotor assembly (18) are positioned along a same axis of the elongated member (12), wherein, during vertical lift, both the forward rotor assembly (16) and the aft rotor assembly (18) are configured in the vertical lift position with propulsion operation, and wherein, during horizontal flight, the forward rotor assembly (16) is configured in the horizontal flight position with propulsion operation and the aft rotor assembly (18) is configured in the vertical lift position with no propulsion operation.
Bibliography:Application Number: EP20200150282