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Hover delivery of cabin payload in tilt-rotor and tilt-wing aircraft

US8366049B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateOct 8, 2009
Grant dateFeb 5, 2013
Priority date—
Expiry dateDec 7, 2031

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG05D1/0858
  • WIPO fieldTransport
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A payload or cargo is delivered from a cargo hold of an aircraft during flight, by orienting the fuselage into a nose-up and tail-down position of at least 30 degrees off horizontal, and lowering the cargo from a cargo hold in the fuselage by means of one or more lines. Preferred vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) aircraft include tilt-rotor or tilt-wing aircraft, and especially preferred aircraft are capable of generating control moments with their rotors to assist in orientating the fuselage of the aircraft into a nose-up and tail-down position.

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