Patent ID: 11939046
Assignee: KITTY HAWK CORPORATION
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 8:
9. The method recited in claim 8, wherein:
the method is performed by a topmost multicopter in the plurality of vertically-stacked multicopters;
the flight controller further: while the attachment sub-system is detachably coupled to the vertical connector, generates one or more control signals for the plurality of propellers associated with moving to a safe position such that if the attachment sub-system were to detach from the vertical connector while in the safe position, a section of the vertical connector that is between the topmost multicopter and a second-from-top multicopter would be clear of one or more propellers in the second-from-top multicopter; and
the attachment sub-system further: while in the safe position, detaches from the vertical connector.