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Miniature, unmanned aircraft with interchangeable data module

  • US 6,840,480 B2
  • Filed: 09/26/2002
  • Issued: 01/11/2005
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/27/2001
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A powered, miniature, unmanned aircraft, comprising:

  • a) an elongated airframe including a reciprocating piston internal combustion engine, a fuselage having an upper surface and a lower surface comprising a stepped, cutaway region along a longitudinal portion thereof, said stepped, cutaway region of said lower surface being adapted to receive an interchangeable data module;

    b) a unitary, fixed wing removably attachable to said upper surface of said fuselage at a substantially right angle thereto;

    c) a data module removably attachable to said fuselage at said stepped, cutaway region, a front end of said data module substantially abutting said fuselage at said step, a lower surface of said data module thereby forming an aerodynamically contiguous extension of a portion of said lower surface of said fuselage located forward of said step when said data module is attached to said fuselage;

    d) at least one control surface disposed on at least one of said wing and said fuselage, each of said at least one control surface comprising a servomechanism operably connected thereto;

    e) a remotely controlled guidance system having a radio frequency receiver carried aboard said airframe and operatively connected to at least said at least one control surface by means of said associated servomechanism associated therewith;

    said powered, miniature, unmanned aircraft weighing no more than fifty-five pounds with said data module attached thereto.

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