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Multicopter-assisted system and method for launching and retrieving a fixed-wing aircraft

  • US 10,538,318 B2
  • Filed: 02/14/2017
  • Issued: 01/21/2020
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/02/2013
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A multicopter comprising:

  • a hub;

    multiple arms removably attachable to the hub, each arm including a rotor and a rotor motor drivingly engaged to the rotor; and

    multiple landing gear, each landing gear removably attachable to one of the arms,wherein for each arm, when one of the landing gear is attached to that arm, that landing gear is movable relative to that arm between a first position in which the rotor of that arm can contact that landing gear and a second position in which the rotor of that arm cannot contact that landing gear.

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