Vehicle including a tetrahedral body or chassis

Abstract

A vehicle constructed in the shape of tetrahedral. The vehicle may be an aircraft, a space-craft, a sub-surface vehicle, or an unmanned drone. A tetrahedral body component is one of: a regular tetrahedron, an extended tetrahedron, a foreshortened tetrahedron, a tapered tetrahedron, and a truncated tetrahedron. A means for propulsion is mounted to at least one of the faces of the tetrahedral body component. The means for propulsion may include a turbine engine, a water jet, a gas jet, or electromagnetic propulsion. In another embodiment, the means for propulsion include an engine and a propeller. The engine block is mounted internal to the tetrahedral body component, and is located at the intersection of a tetrahedral shape with a cube shape. The engine block is mounted to the tetrahedral body component by struts perpendicular to the faces of the engine block.

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