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Unmanned aerial vehicle with twin-engine fore/AFT configuration and associated systems and methods

  • US 9,527,597 B1
  • Filed: 01/13/2014
  • Issued: 12/27/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/11/2013
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) comprising:

  • a fuselage having a longitudinal axis;

    a payload bay in the fuselage;

    a first engine positioned along the longitudinal axis forward of the payload bay and coupled to a first propeller to drive the first propeller; and

    a second engine positioned along the longitudinal axis aft of the payload bay and the first engine, the second engine being coupled to a second propeller to drive the second propeller, wherein the first and second engines are of different types, and wherein one of the engines is a four-cycle engine and the other engine is a two-cycle engine.

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