Patent ID: 11905008
Assignee: AIR VEV LTD
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 0:
1. An aircraft comprising:
a wing; and
motor assemblies including:
a first set of one or more motor assemblies positioned, when the aircraft is in a level forward flight mode, above the wing and behind a center of gravity of the aircraft, and
a second set of one or more motor assemblies positioned, when the aircraft is in the level forward flight mode, below the wing and in front of the center of gravity,
wherein at least one of the first and second sets of motor assemblies includes a plurality of motor assemblies, of which said plurality of motor assemblies there is, respectively, at least one motor assembly positioned on either side of a midline plane passing longitudinally along the aircraft and through the center of gravity;

wherein:
each motor assembly is configured to generate thrust by movement of air past the motor assembly along a respective axis of thrust of the motor assembly;
the orientations of the axes of thrust are each fixed, during operation of the aircraft, at a constant respective pitch angle oblique to the pitch orientation of the wing;
the first and second sets of motor assemblies are operable together to both fully support the aircraft in a hovering mode, and to fully propel the aircraft forward in the level forward flight mode; and
the orientations of the axes of thrust are oriented within 30° of each other.