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US 2012/0068006 A1Published application
Autogyro Plane
AssigneeGyrojet Limited
InventorBarry Jones
Life of this patent
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Abstract
An autogyro plane (10) having a fuselage (12) with a cockpit with a pilot position (22), a tractor propeller (18) mounted at the front of the fuselage, a mast (14) projecting upwardly from the fuselage for supporting rotor blades (16), the pilot position being in front of the mast.
Claims23
An autogyro plane having a fuselage with a cockpit having a pilot position,
- a tractor propeller mounted at the front of the fuselage,
- a mast connected to the fuselage at a connection region and projecting upwardly from the fuselage for supporting rotor blades,
- the pilot position being in front of the connection region.
8-9. (canceled)
14-21. (canceled)
A method of flying an autogyro plane including the steps of:
- (a) powering a propeller with an engine to effect a take off,
- (b) losing engine power,
- (c) powering the propeller with an electric motor during descent to produce lift from the rotor blades.
A method of flying an autogyro plane comprising the steps of simultaneously powering the propeller and braking the rotor blades.
31-35. (canceled)
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.