CPC B64C 15/02 (2013.01) [B64C 27/20 (2013.01); B64C 39/024 (2013.01); B64D 1/22 (2013.01); G05D 1/102 (2013.01); B60K 1/00 (2013.01); B64C 1/30 (2013.01); B64C 15/00 (2013.01); B64C 27/08 (2013.01); B64C 29/0025 (2013.01); B64D 27/24 (2013.01); B64D 47/08 (2013.01); B64U 10/13 (2023.01); B64U 30/10 (2023.01); B64U 30/20 (2023.01); B64U 50/19 (2023.01); B64U 2101/30 (2023.01); B64U 2101/60 (2023.01); B64U 2201/10 (2023.01); B64U 2201/104 (2023.01)] | 20 Claims |
1. An unmanned aerial vehicle operable in a first mode and a second mode, and comprising:
a fuselage;
one or more tiltable rotors each of which is tiltable between the first mode and the second mode in which the tiltable rotor is closer to vertical configuration and farther from horizontal configuration than in the first mode;
one or more spars each of which is coupled to the fuselage and to a respective tiltable rotor, with a rotatable lifting surface on each spar, the rotatable lifting surface being rotatable between the first mode and the second mode in which the rotatable lifting surface is closer to horizontal configuration and farther from vertical configuration than in the first mode.
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