SELF-RIGHTING FRAME AND AERONAUTICAL VEHICLE

摘要

An aeronautical vehicle that rights itself from an inverted state to an upright state has a self-righting dome shaped vehicle body has an apex/protrusion preferably at a top of a central vertical axis. The apex/protrusion provides initial instability to begin a self-righting process when the vehicle is inverted on a surface. A lift and stabilization panel extends across an upper portion of said frame to provide lift, drag and/or stability. A propulsion system can be located within a central void of the frame assembly and oriented to provide a lifting force. An electronics assembly is also carried by the self-righting body for receiving remote control commands and is communicatively interconnected to the power supply for remotely controlling the aeronautical vehicle to take off, to fly, and to land on a supporting surface. The body provides self-righting functionality and protection of elements carried therein.

主权项

1. A self-righting aeronautical vehicle, comprising:
a self-righting substantially dome shaped vehicle body having an upper region comprising an upper airflow passageway at an upper region, a lower airflow passageway at a lower region, and a convex exterior surface extending between the upper region and the lower region, the self-righting vehicle body defining an interior void, wherein the upper airflow passageway and the lower airflow passageway enable airflow into and from the interior void; at least one of an apex and a protrusion located generally centered within the upper region of the substantially dome shaped vehicle body, a propulsion system located within the interior void, wherein, the at least one of the apex and the protrusion is adapted to provide an initial instability to begin a self-righting process when said frame assembly lands from a position in air onto a generally horizontal surface oriented having the at least one of the apex and the protrusion contacting the generally horizontal surface.