Flugzeug mit einem mehrpropeller-antriebssystem zur steuerung von flugorientierungsübergängen

Abstract

An aircraft equipped with a multi-fan propulsion system for controlling flight orientation transitions is provided. In one example aspect, an aircraft includes a fuselage and a pair of wings. The aircraft includes a propulsion system having a first propulsor and a second propulsor each mounted to the fuselage. The first propulsor has a fan positioned primarily above and the second propulsor has a fan positioned primarily below the pair of wings. The aircraft also includes a computing system having one or more processors configured to cause, in response to a demand to change an orientation of the aircraft for a flight orientation transition, the fans of the first and second propulsors to produce different amounts of thrust with respect to one another so that the aircraft performs the flight orientation transition. The thrust differential causes the aircraft to transition between orientations.