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Multicopter with boom-mounted rotors

  • US 10,183,747 B1
  • Filed: 08/26/2016
  • Issued: 01/22/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/26/2016
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A multicopter aircraft, comprising:

  • multiple rotors, each mounted substantially horizontally on a distal end of a boom;

    a plurality of boom extensions, each boom extension being associated with a corresponding boom and each boom extension being configured to extend an associated distal end of said corresponding boom by an amount determined based at least in part on a swept area associated with a rotor mounted at or near said associated distal end; and

    a material secured to said aircraft and of a size sufficient to reach a far end of one or more of said boom extensions, wherein the material separates an occupant of said aircraft from the multiple rotors.

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