| CPC B64C 29/0033 (2013.01) [B60L 3/0092 (2013.01); B60L 50/60 (2019.02); B64D 27/24 (2013.01); H02J 1/14 (2013.01); H02J 4/00 (2013.01); H02P 4/00 (2013.01); B60L 2200/10 (2013.01); H02J 2310/44 (2020.01)] | 13 Claims |
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1. An electrically powered aircraft comprising:
a plurality of batteries comprising a first battery and a second battery;
a first electric propulsion assembly, a second electric propulsion assembly, a third electric propulsion assembly, and a fourth electric propulsion assembly, wherein the first electric propulsion assembly and the second electric propulsion assembly are disposed diametrically opposed and equal distant relative to a center of gravity of the aircraft, and wherein the third electric propulsion assembly and the fourth electric propulsion assembly are disposed diametrically opposed and equal distant relative to the center of gravity of the aircraft;
a first power distribution system coupling the first battery with each of the first electric propulsion assembly and the second electric propulsion assembly and isolating the first battery from each of the third electric propulsion assembly and the fourth electric propulsion assembly; and
a second power distribution system coupling the second battery with each of the third electric propulsion assembly and the fourth electric propulsion assembly and isolating the second battery from each of the first electric propulsion assembly and the second electric propulsion assembly.
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