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US 2008/0073458 A1Published application
Aircraft
OwnerSean O'Connorinventor
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Abstract
An aircraft that has a set of wings which spin about respective axes that are laterally spaced apart in a horizontal plane of the aircraft, parallel to each other, and positioned adjacent respective frame portions, each of said frame portions defining a continuous surface, having a semi-circular cross-section means being provided to drive the sets of wings so that, as they spin, each wing of said sets of wings moves sequentially upwards inside its respective frame portion, and downwards outside its respective frame portion so as to provide lift to the aircraft.
Claims2
An aircraft comprising:
- sets of wings which spin about respective axes that are laterally spaced apart in a horizontal plane of the aircraft, parallel to each other, and positioned adjacent respective frame portions;
- each of said frame portions defining a continuous surface, having a semi-circular cross-section, the cross-section extending from a point directly above the axis of its respective wing, and to a position directly below the same axis;
- the cross-section extending from a point directly above the axis of its respective wing, and to a position directly below the same axis;
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- means being provided to drive the sets of wings so that, as they spin, each wing of said sets of wings moves sequentially upwards inside its respective frame portion, and downwards outside its respective frame portion so as to provide lift to the aircraft.
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