Abstract

This airplane 1 is provided with a main body 2 and right and left wings 3, 3, and is characterized: by being composed of right and left propeller mechanisms 4, 4 tiltable around an axis substantially parallel to a left-right direction shaft and respectively provided on the right and left wings, a driving part 6 formed from an engine 9 and a motor 10 for rotationally driving blades 4b of the left and right propeller mechanisms, and a transmission mechanism 7 for transmitting driving force from the driving part 6 to the left and right propeller mechanisms; and in that the propeller mechanisms are driven by the motor during takeoff and landing, and during horizontal flight, the propeller mechanisms are driven through the transmission mechanism by the driving force of the engine while the motor is caused to generate power.

IPC Classes  ?

• B64D 35/025 - Transmitting power from power plants to propellers or rotorsArrangements of transmissions specially adapted for specific power plants for electric power plants of hybrid-electric type of parallel type
• B64C 27/26 - Compound rotorcraft, i.e. aircraft using in flight the features of both aeroplane and rotorcraft characterised by provision of fixed wings
• B64D 27/08 - Aircraft characterised by the type or position of power plants of piston type within, or attached to, fuselages
• B64D 27/14 - Aircraft characterised by the type or position of power plants of gas-turbine type within, or attached to, fuselages
• B64D 27/31 - Aircraft characterised by electric power plants within, or attached to, wings
• B64D 27/33 - Hybrid electric aircraft
• B64U 10/20 - Vertical take-off and landing [VTOL] aircraft
• B64U 50/11 - Propulsion using internal combustion piston engines
• B64U 50/12 - Propulsion using turbine engines, e.g. turbojets or turbofans
• B64U 50/19 - Propulsion using electrically powered motors
• B64U 50/33 - Supply or distribution of electrical power generated by combustion engines