Powered aircraft including inflatable and rotatable bodies exhibiting a circular cross-section perpendicular to its rotation axis and in order to generate a lift force

A lift force generating aircraft, comprising:

• at least one engine and a thrust force producing device associated with said engine;
• at least one elongated and rotating body, an axial centerline through said body extending in a direction substantially perpendicular to a fore to aft axis extending between the engine and thrust-producing device and at a location above a center of gravity associated with the engine and thrust-producing device, said rotating body being constructed of a material inflatable to a desired pressure;
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• a rotary output associated with said engine rotating said body, said body deflecting to angles lesser than said perpendicular with said fore to aft axis, and in response to air stream forces acting upon said body in order to reduce drag forces experienced on a rear side of said body.

A lift force generating aircraft, comprising:

• an engine and a thrust force producing device defined along a fore to aft extending axis, said thrust force producing device further comprising an aircraft propeller interconnected to the engine by a drive shaft;
• a pair of oppositely extending, elongated and rotating bodies, an axial centerline through said body extending in a direction substantially perpendicular to the fore to aft axis extending between the engine and thrust-producing device and at a location above a center of gravity associated with the engine and thrust-producing device, said rotating body being constructed of a material inflatable to a desired pressure;
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• a shaft rotated pulley disposed between the engine and propeller driving a belt interconnecting a central interconnecting location of said rotating bodies and such that a rotary output associated with the engine rotates said bodies, said bodies deflecting to angles lesser than said perpendicular with said fore to aft axis, and in response to air stream forces acting upon said body in order to reduce drag forces experienced on a rear side of said body.