MINIATURE VTOL DRONE Russian patent published in 2012 - IPC B64C27/00 

FIELD: transport.

SUBSTANCE: invention relates to aircraft engineering. Proposed VTOL drone consists of central and three peripheral containers. Every peripheral container is jointed with central container by two pairs of webs while three peripheral containers are interconnected by two pairs of black-reinforced plastic tubes. Power plant arranged in central container comprises top and bottom propeller sets. Steers are made up of impellers arranged at bottom of three peripheral containers. In projection, said drone represents equilateral triangle with vertices making axes of peripheral containers. Axis of central container is located on intersection of triangle medians. Toroidal container is suspended on remote-control locks to peripheral containers at three points. Said peripheral containers carry power supplies, loudspeaker and other onboard hardware components. Video cameras are arranged on central containers, at its top and bottom.

EFFECT: better maneuverability and controllability.

4 cl, 3 dwg