Vertical take off and landing vehicle

A vehicle capable of flying in air and operating in a first modus providing yaw control and in a second modus providing roll control, the vehicle comprising:

• a body having a tail section;
• a main rotor having a rotation axis on top of the body;
• at least one mounting support on either side of the body;
• and
• thrust units:
• at least one of the thrust units comprising a central thrust unit arranged along a longitudinal axis of the vehicle, at a distance from the rotation axis of the main rotor;
• and
• at least two of the thrust units comprising a pair of side thrust units mounted one each to each mounting support;
• wherein each central thrust unit comprises:
• a fan which provides output air flow with a main central flow component in a main central flow direction substantially perpendicular to a virtual vertical midplane of the vehicle;
• wherein at least one central thrust unit further comprises:
• a controllable central air deflection device to deflect the main central flow component of the output air flow in a controllable manner into a controlled central flow component in a direction perpendicular to the main central flow direction;
• wherein each side thrust unit comprises:
• a fan which provides output air flow with a main side flow component in a main side flow direction substantially parallel to the virtual vertical midplane and in a substantially horizontal direction;
• wherein at least one of the side thrust units further comprises:
• a controllable side air deflection device:
• to deflect the main side flow component of the output air flow in a controllable manner into a controlled side flow component in a direction perpendicular to the main side flow direction;
• mounted to be rotatable about an axis parallel to the main side flow direction;
• having at least one first rotation position in which the controlled side flow component has a substantially horizontal component;
• and
• having at least one second rotation position in which the controlled side flow component has a substantially vertical component;
• wherein, operating in the first modus, at least one controllable side air deflection device is in one of the at least one first rotation position to provide the yaw control;
• and
• wherein, operating in the second modus, at least one controllable side air deflection device is in one of the at least one second rotation position to provide the roll control.