PARALLEL HYBRID MULTI-ROTOR AIRCRAFT

• Main Authors: YASUDA KENTA, YAMANASHI TAKEHIRO
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; Japanese
• Published: 30.07.2015
• Subjects: AEROPLANES; AIRCRAFT; ARRANGEMENTS OR MOUNTING OF POWER PLANTS OR PROPULSIONTRANSMISSIONS IN AIRCRAFT; AVIATION; COSMONAUTICS; EQUIPMENT FOR FITTING IN OR TO AIRCRAFT; FLYING SUITS; HELICOPTERS; PARACHUTES; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a parallel hybrid multi-rotor aircraft with an electric motor and an engine, which can increase continuous flight time while maintaining advantages of structural simplicity and high attitude controllability.SOLUTION: The parallel hybrid multi-rotor aircraft is constituted of: an engine 2; fuel supplied to the engine; propellers 3 that are connected to an output shaft of the engine and generates thrust; a power generator 4 that is connected to the output shaft of the engine and generates power; at least three electric motors to be operated by the power generated by the power generator; at least three propellers that are connected to the output shafts of the electric motors and generate thrust; and a battery that absorbs a difference between power required by the electric motors and power generated by the power generator. 【課題】構造の簡便さ、姿勢制御性能の高さ、の利点を持ちつつ、連続飛行時間を増加させることができる、電動機と発動機のパラレルハイブリッド方式のマルチローター航空機を提供する。【解決手段】発動機２と、発動機に供給する燃料と、発動機の出力軸に連結され推力を発生するプロペラ３と、発動機の出力軸に連結され電力を発生させる発電機４と、発電機による電力により動作する少なくとも３基以上の電動機と、電動機の出力軸に連結され推力を発生する少なくとも３個以上のプロペラと、電動機により必要とされる電力と発電機により発生する電力との差を吸収する目的の電池と、で構成する。【選択図】図１