Annular airborne vehicle
AssigneeGo Science Limited
InventorHarry George Dennis Gosling
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Abstract
An airborne vehicle having a wing-body which defines a wing-body axis and appears substantially annular when viewed along the wing-body axis, the interior of the annulus defining a duct which is open at both ends. A propulsion system is provided comprising one or more pairs of propulsion devices, each pair comprising a first propulsion device mounted to the wing-body and positioned on a first side of a plane including the wing-body axis, and a second propulsion device mounted to the wing-body and positioned on a second side of the plane including the wing-body axis.
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An airborne vehicle having a wing-body which defines a wing-body axis and appears substantially annular when viewed along the wing-body axis, the interior of the annulus defining a duct which is open at both ends, wherein the wing-body appears swept forward when viewed from a first viewing angle, and swept backward when viewed from a second viewing angle at right angles to the first viewing angle wherein the wing-body has a leading edge with two or more noses, and a trailing edge with two or more tails.
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