US US10946705B1
[0001] A flight module includes a rotor and a rotor carrier. The rotor carrier includes an elongate, upstanding carriage rail, a carriage supported for movement along the carriage rail, an elongate rotor arm carrying the rotor and supported atop the carriage rail for pivotation, and an elongate strut pivotally mounted between the carriage and the rotor arm. The pivotation includes pivotation between alongside the carriage rail, where the rotor arm retentively carries the rotor in a stowage position, and overhanging the carriage rail, where the rotor arm retentively carries the rotor with a skyward-facing orientation in a flight position. With movement of the carriage along the carriage rail, the strut transfers loading between the carriage and the rotor arm for pivoting the rotor arm between alongside the carriage rail and overhanging the carriage rail, and thereby carrying the rotor on the rotor arm between its stowage position and its flight position.
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