FIELD: invention relates to aircraft.
SUBSTANCE: aircraft contains an aircraft body equipped with one or more air thrusters that provide the ability to move the aircraft through the air, and one or more docking modules, each made with the possibility of a detachable connection of the specified body with the body of another aircraft when the specified aircraft are docked with each other, the control module, made with the possibility of receiving control commands with the possibility of docking the specified aircraft with at least one other aircraft, while the body of the aircraft is additionally equipped with one or more guides, each of which is made with the possibility of entering into a detachable interaction with the docking module of the payload, mounted or suspended with the possibility of moving along the guide. At least one of these guides is made with the possibility of detachable connection or docking with one or more guides of the specified attached body of another aircraft to form a composite guide. The control module is additionally made with the possibility of moving the payload along the specified composite guide to the specified at least one other aircraft and with the possibility of undocking the aircraft from the specified at least one other aircraft when the aircraft is in the airspace. Systems and methods for moving the payload are proposed, as well as options for implementing an aircraft, a self-propelled module and a payload that can be used in these systems and methods.
EFFECT: efficiency of payload redistribution increases to optimize the flight characteristics of the vehicle, the possibility of non-stop flights of the payload is provided.
72 cl, 17 dwg
