Patent ID: 9682774
Date: 2017-06-20
CPC Classifications: B64C,B64D

Claim:
1. A vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) aircraft, comprising: a fuselage having a nose end and a tail end; an empennage located at the tail end of the fuselage; a canted wing having first and second wing tips, a plurality of engines, said plurality of engines comprising (1) a first tiltrotor positioned between the fuselage and the first wing tip of the canted wing, (2) a second tiltrotor positioned between the fuselage and the second wing tip of the canted wing, and (3) a fixed engine positioned on the fuselage aft of the canted wing in a vertical configuration, the first tiltrotor, the second tiltrotor, and the plurality of engines configured such that: during a first phase of takeoff, (i) said fixed engine generates thrust, thereby causing the tail end of the fuselage to become airborne, and (ii) said first tiltrotor and said second tiltrotor transition from a vertical configuration to a horizontal configuration until the fuselage achieves a predetermined angle, and during a second phase of takeoff, said first tiltrotor and said second tiltrotor are in the horizontal configuration and the aircraft is capable of wing borne flight.