Rotorcraft with counter-rotating rotor blades capable of simultaneously generating upward lift and forward thrust

A rotorcraft with counter-rotating rotor blades comprises:

• a fuselage;
• a first axial-flow rotor;
• a radial-flow rotor;
• a propulsion funnel;
• a plurality of lift funnels;
• an aerodynamic housing;
• an intake port;
• the propulsion funnel comprises a propulsion inlet and a propulsion outlet;
• each of the plurality of lift funnels comprises a lift inlet and a lift outlet;
• the first axial-flow rotor and the radial-flow rotor being rotatably and laterally mounted to the fuselage;
• the first axial-flow rotor being encircled by the radial-flow rotor;
• a rotation axis of the first axial-flow rotor and a rotation axis of the radial-flow rotor being coaxially positioned to a yaw axis of the fuselage;
• the first axial-flow rotor being in fluid communication with the propulsion inlet;
• the propulsion outlet being positioned adjacent to the fuselage;
• the propulsion outlet being concentrically positioned around a roll axis of the fuselage;
• the radial-flow rotor being in fluid communication with the lift inlet for each of the plurality of lift funnels;
• the lift outlet for each of the plurality of lift funnels being positioned around the fuselage;
• the lift outlet for each of the plurality of lift funnels being positioned parallel to the yaw axis of the fuselage;
• the aerodynamic housing being mounted adjacent to the fuselage;
• the intake port being integrated into the aerodynamic housing;
• the first axial-flow rotor and the radial-flow rotor being positioned in between the aerodynamic housing and the fuselage;
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• the intake port being in fluid communication with the first axial-flow rotor and the radial-flow rotor.