It must not fall even if all engines fail
The Moscow inventor Vasily Yatsenko recently received a patent for an unusual vehicle. The aircraft designed by him will combine the properties of an autogyro and a quadrocopter.
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To date, the most mobile vehicles of small aircraft – aircraft with multiple propellers (tri-, quadro-, hexo- and multicopters). They can take off vertically, move quickly (reach speeds up to 150-200 km/h), can hover in the air, and maneuver well. Their disadvantage is that in the event of a failure of one of the engines, there is a high probability of falling. In some quadcopters, in such cases, the second engine is turned off, so that the device maintains its balance and can land without crashing. But if one more engine fails, the fall is inevitable. Helicopters — quite expensive. At one time, they tried to launch taxi helicopters in the capital, but due to the cost and limited routes, the idea had to be abandoned.
Quite another matter — autogyro This is an analogue of a helicopter that can do without a motor: it is lifted into the air and held by a propeller that rotates under the influence of an air flow on it. It is enough to unwind the screw once on the ground, the aircraft takes off and moves without a motor. The problem with such a device is that it moves rather slowly, and in calm weather the gyroplane cannot take off vertically, it needs at least a small runway. In addition it cannot hover in place for a long time: having stopped moving, the autogyro descends to the ground. However, this is also its advantage: if the propeller is in good working order, it does not fall, but lands calmly.
As it became known to MK, the Muscovite's invention is a hybrid of an autogyro and a quadrocopter. In fact, this is an autogyro with four propellers located near the wheels of the aircraft. Thanks to them, the device will be able to easily take off and gain decent speed. On such a taxi, in theory, it is really possible to get from one end of Moscow to the other in a few minutes. And thanks to the propeller of the autogyro it won't fall even if all the engines fail.