公开(公告)号：US20220324558A1

公开(公告)日：2022-10-13

申请号：US17571936

申请日：2022-01-10

Applicant: Bell Textron Inc.

Inventor： Brent C. Ross ,  Kirk L. Groninga ,  Steven R. Ivans ,  Steve R. Schafer ,  Brad Joseph Passe ,  Nicholas Ralph Carlson ,  Kip Gregory Campbell ,  Bradley Paul Regnier ,  Steven G. Hagerott

IPC: B64C29/00

Abstract: One embodiment is an aircraft including a fuselage; a wing connected to the fuselage; first and second booms connected to the wing on opposite sides of the fuselage; first and second forward propulsion systems attached to forward ends of the first and second booms; first and second aft propulsion systems fixedly attached proximate aft ends of the first and second booms; and first and second wing-mounted propulsion systems connected to outboard ends of wings; wherein the first and second wing-mounted propulsion systems are tiltable between a first position when the aircraft is in a hover mode and a second position when the aircraft is in a cruise mode.