Vertical take-off and landing aircraft
OwnerBrian H. Morganinventor
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Abstract
A vertical take-off and landing aircraft includes a fuselage, a left wing, a right wing, at least one forward thruster, a horizontal stabilizer and a vertical stabilizer. The left and right wings extend from substantially a middle of the fuselage on left and right sides, respectively. The at least one forward thruster is preferably mounted to the fuselage, substantially behind the left and right wings. The horizontal stabilizer extends from a rear of the fuselage. The vertical stabilizer extends from a top of the fuselage at a rear thereof. At least two left lift rotors are retained in the left wing and at least two right lift rotors are retained in the right wing. A second embodiment of the VTOL aircraft includes a fuselage truncated behind the left and right wings with a twin tail empennage.
Claims23
A method of providing a vertical take-off and landing aircraft, comprising the steps of:
- providing a fuselage;
- extending a left wing from a left side of said fuselage and extending a right wing from a right side of said fuselage;
- retaining a first left lift rotor in said left wing, retaining at least one second left lift rotor in said left wing behind said first left lift rotor;
- retaining a first right lift rotor in said right wing, retaining at least one second right lift rotor in said right wing behind said first right lift rotor;
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- providing at least one forward thruster.
A method of providing a vertical take-off and landing aircraft, comprising the steps of:
- providing a fuselage;
- extending a left wing from a left side of said fuselage and extending a right wing from a right side of said fuselage;
- retaining a first left lift rotor in said left wing, retaining at least one second left lift rotor in said left wind behind said first left lift rotor;
- retaining a first right lift rotor in said right wing, retaining at least one second right lift rotor in said right wing behind said first right lift rotor, providing said at least two left lift rotors and said at least two right lift rotors with collective pitch;
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- providing at least one forward thruster.
A method of providing a vertical take-off and landing aircraft, comprising the steps of:
- providing a fuselage;
- extending a left wing from a left side of said fuselage and extending a right wing from a right side of said fuselage;
- retaining at least two left lift rotors adjacent a left side of said fuselage, retaining at least two right lift rotors adjacent to a right side of said fuselage;
- retaining a first left lift rotor in said left wing, retaining at least one second left lift rotor in said left wing behind said first left lift rotor;
- retaining a first right lift rotor in said right wing, retaining at least one second right lift rotor in said right wing behind said first right lift rotor;
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- terminating a rear of said aircraft with a twin tail empennage;
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- retaining at least one forward thruster at a rear of said fuselage.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.