Patent ID: 11939054
Assignee: HAZELAERO
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 6:
7. A vertical takeoff and landing aircraft, comprising:
an aircraft chassis;
a propulsion system included in the aircraft chassis, wherein the propulsion system includes one or more engines that generate thrust;
a sensor system that is housed by the aircraft chassis and that includes one or more surface tension sensors;
one or more processors that are coupled to the propulsion system and the sensor system; and
system memory that is coupled to the one or more processors and that includes one or more instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, effectuate operations comprising:
obtaining, using the one or more surface tension sensors, one or more surface tension measurements of a landing surface or a takeoff surface for the aircraft;
determining a reaction force for the aircraft using the one or more surface tension measurements; and
causing the one or more engines included in the aircraft to generate thrust based on the determined reaction force and a weight of the aircraft.