Intuitive-flight control system
AssigneeKeith Lacabe
InventorKeith Lacabe
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Abstract
An aircraft comprising: a chassis, a flight computer, a left footrest having a left pressure pad and a right footrest having a right pressure pad, the left footrest and right footrest being supported by the chassis, and a set of handlebars mounted to the chassis via a stem and steer tube that is orthogonal to the handlebars, wherein the handlebars are rotatable about its longitudinal axis and about a longitudinal axis of the steer tube is disclosed. In disclosed embodiments, the aircraft is steerable in a roll axis by an application of pressure on the left footrest and right footrest, in the yaw axis by rotating the handlebars about the longitudinal axis of the steer tube and in the pitch axis by rotating the handlebars in its longitudinal axis.
Claims10
An aircraft comprising:
- a chassis;
- a flight computer;
- a seat for a pilot to sit atop, the seat being mounted to the chassis via pivoting mechanism that enables the seat to shift to the right and left;
- a set of handlebars mounted to the chassis via a stem and steer tube that is orthogonal to the handlebars, wherein the handlebars are rotatable about its longitudinal axis and about a longitudinal axis of the steer tube;
- wherein the aircraft is steerable in a roll axis by shifting the seat to the right or left;
- wherein the aircraft is steerable in the yaw axis by rotating the handlebars about the longitudinal axis of the steer tube;
- and
- wherein the aircraft is steerable in the pitch axis by rotating the handlebars in its longitudinal axis.
The aircraft of 1, wherein the handlebars include a pilot glove locking mechanism to secure a pilot glove.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.