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Aircraft with active aerosurfaces

  • US 10,442,522 B2
  • Filed: 05/26/2017
  • Issued: 10/15/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/26/2017
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An aircraft operable to transition between a forward flight mode and a vertical takeoff and landing flight mode, the aircraft comprising:

  • an airframe including first and second wings with first and second pylons extending therebetween;

    a plurality of propulsion assemblies including two propulsion assemblies coupled to the first wing and two propulsion assemblies coupled to the second wing, each of the propulsion assemblies including a nacelle and a tail assembly having at least one active aerosurface; and

    a flight control system operable to independently control each of the propulsion assemblies;

    wherein, for each of the propulsion assemblies, the tail assembly is rotatable relative to the nacelle such that the active aerosurface has a first orientation generally parallel to the wings and a second orientation generally perpendicular to the wings.

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