Un-manned aerial vehicle having adjustable wing module, tail, and landing gear Patent uri icon

abstract

  • The present invention relates to an aircraft. The aircraft includes a fuselage module for receiving a payload. The fuselage module includes a plurality of internal connections. The aircraft includes a wing module adjustably coupled to the fuselage module and a tail module coupled to the wing module. The wing module may be adjusted relative to the fuselage module to adjust a location of an aerodynamic center of the aircraft to maintain a pre-determined distance between the location of the aerodynamic center of the aircraft and the location of the center of gravity of the aircraft. A main landing gear may be adjusted relative to the fuselage module to adjust the location of the aerodynamic center of the aircraft to maintain a pre-determined distance between the location of the aerodynamic center of the aircraft and the location of the center of gravity of the aircraft.

author list (cited authors)

  • Valasek, J., May, J., Beckett, A., & Rhodes Jr., C.

complete list of authors

  • Valasek, John||May, James||Beckett, Andrew||Rhodes Jr., Cecil

publication date

  • May 2018