CA3184496A1 - A vertical take-off and landing aircraft, methods and systems for controlling a vertical take-off and landing aircraft - Google Patents

A vertical take-off and landing aircraft, methods and systems for controlling a vertical take-off and landing aircraft

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CA3184496A1
CA3184496A1 CA3184496A CA3184496A CA3184496A1 CA 3184496 A1 CA3184496 A1 CA 3184496A1 CA 3184496 A CA3184496 A CA 3184496A CA 3184496 A CA3184496 A CA 3184496A CA 3184496 A1 CA3184496 A1 CA 3184496A1
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Russell Phillips
Paul Damian MOONEY
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Nelson Mandela University
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    • B64C27/28—Compound rotorcraft, i.e. aircraft using in flight the features of both aeroplane and rotorcraft with forward-propulsion propellers pivotable to act as lifting rotors
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    • B64C29/0016—Aircraft capable of landing or taking-off vertically, e.g. vertical take-off and landing [VTOL] aircraft having its flight directional axis horizontal when grounded the lift during taking-off being created by free or ducted propellers or by blowers
    • B64C29/0033—Aircraft capable of landing or taking-off vertically, e.g. vertical take-off and landing [VTOL] aircraft having its flight directional axis horizontal when grounded the lift during taking-off being created by free or ducted propellers or by blowers the propellers being tiltable relative to the fuselage
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