Patent ID: 9643720
Date: 2017-05-09
CPC Classifications: B64C,B64D,B65D,C12M

Claim:
1. A vertical -takeoff aircraft with a wing, the wing having an outermost end that is distal from a longitudinal axis of the aircraft, wherein a first drive unit and a second drive unit are arranged mounted pivotably on the wing, wherein the first drive unit and the second drive unit are arranged on the wing at a distance from the outermost end of the wing facing away from the longitudinal axis of the aircraft between the outermost end of the wing and the longitudinal axis, wherein a first distance of the first drive unit from the longitudinal axis of the aircraft is approximately identical to a second distance of the second drive unit from the longitudinal axis of the aircraft, and wherein the first drive unit and the second drive unit are pivotable into a horizontal flying position and a vertical flying position, wherein, in the horizontal flying position, the first drive unit is arranged above a wing surface on the wing, and the second drive unit is arranged below the wing, surface, and one of the first drive unit and the second drive unit is arranged longitudinally forward of the wing and the other of the first drive unit and the second drive unit is arranged longitudinally to a rear of the wing, and, in the vertical flying position, the first drive unit and the second drive unit are arranged in an approximately horizontal plane, wherein the first drive unit and the second drive unit each have a respective pivoting arm, wherein each pivoting arm is mounted on the wing.