Unmanned aerial vehicle (uav) having vertical takeoff and landing (vtol) capability

An unmanned aerial vehicle comprising:

• a fuselage;
• left and right airfoil-shaped wings connected to the fuselage to generate lift in forward flight;
• a left thrust-generating device supported by the left wing;
• a right thrust-generating device supported by the right wing;
• a vertical stabilizer;
• a top thrust-generating device mounted to a top portion of the vertical stabilizer;
• a bottom thrust-generating device mounted to a bottom portion of the vertical stabilizer;
• an onboard power source comprising a battery for powering the thrust-generating devices;
• an inductive charging coil for inductively recharging the battery from an inductive charging pad of a battery-recharging station, wherein the inductive charging coil is displaceable toward the pad for increasing a charging efficiency;
• wherein a symmetrical pair of the left, right, top and bottom thrust-generating devices provide forward thrust during forward flight and wherein the left, right, top and bottom thrust-generating devices provide vertical thrust to enable the unmanned aerial vehicle to take-off and land vertically when the fuselage is substantially vertical and further enabling the unmanned aerial vehicle to transition between forward flight and vertical take-off and landing.