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Three wing, six tilt-propulsion units, VTOL aircraft

  • US 8,616,492 B2
  • Filed: 10/08/2010
  • Issued: 12/31/2013
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/09/2009
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A vertical takeoff and landing aircraft comprising:

  • a fuselage;

    a flapped or un-flapped front wing attached to the fuselage;

    a flapped or un-flapped middle wing attached to the fuselage;

    a vertical stabilizer and rudder attached to the fuselage;

    a flapped or un-flapped rear wing attached to the fuselage or vertical stabilizer; and

    six synchronously rotatable, thrust producing propulsion units located at approximately equal angular positions about a yaw axis of the aircraft;

    wherein one propulsion unit is mounted above, below, or on each half of the three wings, and each propulsion unit is independent from the other propulsion units.

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