US 11,697,494 B2
Aircraft
Ulrich Schaferlein, Stuttgart (DE); and Manuel Kessler, Kirchheim (DE)
Assigned to Volocopter GmbH, Bruchsal (DE)
Filed by Volocopter GmbH, Bruchsal (DE)
Filed on Dec. 20, 2019, as Appl. No. 16/722,482.
Claims priority of application No. 102018133171.1 (DE), filed on Dec. 20, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2020/0398981 A1, Dec. 24, 2020
Int. Cl. B64C 29/00 (2006.01); B64C 5/02 (2006.01); B64C 5/06 (2006.01); B64C 5/10 (2006.01); B64C 9/00 (2006.01); B64C 13/04 (2006.01); B64D 27/24 (2006.01); B64D 41/00 (2006.01); B64C 27/08 (2023.01)
CPC B64C 29/0025 (2013.01) [B64C 5/02 (2013.01); B64C 5/06 (2013.01); B64C 5/10 (2013.01); B64C 9/00 (2013.01); B64C 13/04 (2013.01); B64C 27/08 (2013.01); B64D 27/24 (2013.01); B64D 41/00 (2013.01)] 11 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An aircraft (1) comprising:
an electrically driven, vertical take-off and landing, multicopter, including a multiplicity of rotors (2.1-2.9) arranged in a substantially common rotor plane (R),
a tail unit (6), protruding downward with respect to the rotor plane (R) and located below the rotor plane (R), in a rear region of the aircraft (1) with respect to a forward flying direction (FR), and
the tail unit (6) comprises two vertical stabilizers (6.1, 6.2) that extend downward from support arms (3.1, 3.2) that each support at least one of the rotors, a tailplane (6.3) connected between the two vertical stabilizers (6.1, 6.2), and the tailplane (6.3) is located below the support arms.