A tail sitter aircraft (10) is capable of forward flight and hover operations. The tail sitter aircraft (10) includes a wing (12, 13) and first (14) and second (15) prop-nacelles supportively disposed on the wing. Each of the first and second prop-nacelles includes an articulable rotor (20), which is rotatable about variable rotational axes and which includes blades (22) that are collectively and cyclically controllable in both forward flight and hover regimes.
申请公布号
EP3121117(A1)
申请公布日期
2017.01.25
申请号
EP20160170850
申请日期
2016.05.23
申请人
Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation
发明人
KUBIK, Stephen;DRISCOLL, Joseph T.;D'ANNA, Frank P.;ALBER, Mark R.;LAUDER, Timothy F.;FEGELY, Cody