Patent ID: 11952110
Assignee: SIFLY AVIATION, INC.
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 16:
17. An electrically powered rotorcraft, comprising:
a rotor including a rotor hub and a pair of rotor blades mounted to the rotor hub on opposite sides thereof, the rotor being rotatably mounted on a primary drive shaft;
a rotary electric motor coupled to the primary drive shaft;
a common pitch-angle shaft extending between each of the rotor blades, rotatably mounted on the rotor hub, and coupled to each of the blades;
a limited-angle electric motor, mechanically coupled to the common pitch-angle shaft, and configured to cause angular adjustment of the common pitch angle shaft and therefore adjustment of pitch of the rotor blades; and
a controller system in communication with the limited-angle electric motor, configured to provide cyclic pitch control of the pair of rotor blades via the common pitch-angle shaft.