Patent ID: 9475579
Filing Date: 2016-10-25
CPC Classification: B64C,B64D,Y02T,Y10S

Claim Text:
1. A vehicle, comprising: a wing configured to tilt through a range of motion; a first series of electric motors coupled to the wing and each configured to drive an associated wing propeller; a tail configured to tilt through the range of motion; a second series of electric motors coupled to the tail and each configured to drive an associated tail propeller; and an electric propulsion system connected to the first series of electric motors and the second series of electric motors, wherein the first series of electric motors comprises eight electric motors and the second series of electric motors comprises two electric motors, wherein the associated wing propellers of two of the electric motors of the first series of electric motors are variable pitch propellers each located at a wing tip of the wing, and wherein the associated wing propellers of the remaining six of the electric motors of the first series of electric motors are fixed pitch propellers.