Patent ID: 7699261

Claim:
An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) comprising: a fuselage assembly; a left main wing assembly attached to the fuselage; a right main wing assembly attached to the fuselage; a first tail boom assembly having a first end and a second end; a second tail boom assembly having a first end and a second end; a first mounting plate attached to the first tail boom assembly at the first end thereof; a second mounting plate attached to the second tail boom assembly at the first end thereof; wherein the first mounting plate is disposed between the left main wing assembly and the fuselage assembly and the second mounting plate is disposed between the right main wing assembly and the fuselage assembly; the first mounting plate and the second mounting plate each includes a plurality of through holes, and a plurality of tubes extend from the fuselage assembly through the through holes in the first and second mounting plates and into the left and right main wing assemblies; and a tail wing assembly attached to the second ends of the first and second tail boom assemblies; wherein the fuselage assembly, left main wing assembly, right main wing assembly, first tail boom assembly, second tail boom assembly and tail wing assembly are modular such that each assembly is detachably connected and may be replaced by similar assemblies having alternative configurations and capabilities.