A vertical take-off and landing drone

Abstract

A VTOL (vertical take-off and landing) UAV (unmanned aerial vehicle) comprises a vehicle body, wings, ailerons, three or more vertical fins, motors and propellers, wherein the ailerons are hinged with the wings; at least one vertical fin is arranged on the upper side of the VTOL UAV, at least one vertical fin is arranged on the lower side of the VTOL UAV, and at least part of the trailing edges of the vertical fins are located at the rear parts of the trailing edges of the wings; the motors are connected with the wings and comprise motor bearings; the propellers are connected with the motor bearings. At least part of the trailing edges of the vertical fins are located at the rear parts of the trailing edges of the wings, so that the trailing edges of the vertical fins serve as a landing gear to support the VTOL UAV when the VTOL UAV is placed vertically; the ailerons are hinged with the wings, and accordingly, the VTOL UAV can take off vertically, land vertically or hover at high altitude through rotation of the ailerons and can fly horizontally at a high speed.

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technical field [0001] The invention relates to an unmanned aerial vehicle, in particular to a vertical take-off and landing unmanned aerial vehicle. Background technique [0002] Due to the advantages of small size and low cost of unmanned aerial vehicles, and with the rapid development of flight control technology, communication technology and electronic technology, the performance and types of unmanned aerial vehicles are constantly increasing, making them widely used in military and civilian fields. application requirements are constantly increasing. [0003] UAVs are generally divided into fixed-wing UAVs and rotary-wing UAVs. [0004] Among them, the fixed-wing UAV is driven by the engine, which generates horizontal thrust parallel to the axis of the fuselage, so that the UAV can fly at high speed in the air. However, since the engine cannot generate lift perpendicular to the axis of the fuselage, the fixed-wing UAV can only obtain lift through the relative motion be...

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However, since the engine cannot generate lift perpendicular to the axis of the fuselage, the fixed-wing UAV can only obtain lift through the relative motion between the fixed wing and the air, so as to overcome the gravity of the fixed-wing UAV, the size of the lift and the fixed-wing There is a positive correlation with the relative speed of motion between the air, the greater the relative motion speed, the greater the lift obtained by the fixed-wing UAV

In the prior art, there are two disadvantages in the fixed-wing UAV: ​​first, a long runway is needed to enable the fixed-wing UAV to obtain sufficient horizontal speed so that the fixed-wing UAV can obtain sufficient lift. Take off; Second, the fixed-wing UAV needs to maintain a sufficient flight speed after take-off in order to obtain enough lift to overcome its own gravity

However, since the rotary wing mainly provides lift, the horizontal thrust parallel to the axis of the fuselage obtained by the rotary wing UAV is relatively small, so the horizontal flight speed is relatively slow.

[0006] To sum up, in the prior art, UAVs either need to rely on long runways, and need to maintain sufficient flight speed after take-off; or the horizontal flight speed is relatively slow

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