US 12,330,779 B2
Vertical take-off and landing aircraft
Bon Aizawa, Wako (JP); Toshinori Tsukamoto, Wako (JP); Masashi Kato, Wako (JP); Kenta Uchida, Wako (JP); and Kaisaku Yoshimura, Wako (JP)
Assigned to HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD., Tokyo (JP)
Filed by HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD., Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Jul. 27, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/360,288.
Claims priority of application No. 2022-121567 (JP), filed on Jul. 29, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0190562 A1, Jun. 13, 2024
Int. Cl. B64C 29/00 (2006.01); G05D 1/49 (2024.01); G05D 1/652 (2024.01)
CPC B64C 29/0025 (2013.01) [G05D 1/49 (2024.01); G05D 1/652 (2024.01)] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A vertical take-off and landing aircraft comprising:
a plurality of vertical take-off and landing rotors configured to generate thrust in a vertical direction;
at least one cruise rotor configured to generate thrust in a horizontal direction;
at least one wing configured to generate lift as the vertical take-off and landing aircraft moves in the horizontal direction; and
a controller configured to control operation of each of the plurality of vertical take-off and landing rotors and each of the at least one cruise rotor,
wherein the plurality of vertical take-off and landing rotors are divided into a plurality of groups, each of the vertical take-off and landing rotors being included in any one of the groups,
after the lift is generated by the wing, the controller performs stop control that stops rotation of the plurality of vertical take-off and landing rotors on a group-by-group basis, and
the controller delays a timing of starting the stop control for each of the vertical take-off and landing rotors belonging to a first group among the plurality of groups relative to a timing of starting the stop control for each of the vertical take-off and landing rotors belonging to a second group among the plurality of groups.