Recoverable aerial toy

In a toy projectile including a hollow tubular body fuselage extending along a longitudinal axis, a nose cone assembly, and a base having body fins, the improvement comprising

• A. a rotor hub mounted proximal to said base on said body fuselage and rotatable relative thereto about said axis,
• B. a plurality of rotor blade assemblies hingedly mounted to said rotor hub and including
• (i) a plurality of rotor blades alternately disposable between a closed position and an open position wherein each of said rotor blades extends substantially along said longitudinal axis of said shaft in said closed position and each of said rotor blades extends substantially radially relative to said axis and outward from said body when disposed in said open position, and
• (ii) a plurality of rotor mounts hingedly mounted to said rotor hub and having a blade receiving end for removably and replaceably securing said rotor blades thereto, and
• C. sliding means assembled with said body fuselage and axially slidable thereon, for holding said rotor blades in said closed position when said sliding means is disposed in a hold position, and releasing said blades into said open position when said sliding means is disposed in a release position, said sliding means including means for releasing gas from within said body fuselage only when in said release position,
• whereby said toy projectile remains assembled during flight of said projectile.

Recoverable aerial toy apparatus having a gyro-rotating recovery system, said apparatus having a main body extending along a longitudinal axis between front and back ends and removably and replaceably mounting a fuel propellant and further comprising

• A. rotor hub means mounted on said main body at a location distal from said front end and rotatable relative thereto about said axis,
• B. a plurality of rotor blades, each hingedly coupled to said hub means for rotation therewith about said axis and for hinged movement relative thereto between a closed position and an open position, said rotor blades extending along said longitudinal axis when disposed in said closed position and extending radially relative to said axis and outward from said body when disposed in said open position,
• C. releasable retaining means, mounted on said forward nose end of said main body and movable relative thereto between a hold position and a release position, for selectively holding said rotor blades in said closed position when said retaining means is disposed in said hold position and for releasing said blades into said open position when said retaining means is disposed in said release position,
• D. engagement means for engaging said releasable retaining means to said main body, and
• E. pressure control means for releasing a gas generated by said fuel propellant when said releasable retaining means is in the release position and for containing said gas when said releasable retaining means is in the hold position, said pressure control means connected to said main body in both said hold and said release positions with a sliding element.