Propulsion turbine

A turbine assembly for converting rotational movement into thrust comprising:

• a central drive shaft assembly rotatable about a central axis;
• a superstructure frame a pair of end disk assemblies about said central drive shaft and parallel to each other defining operating space between them;
• sun gear rigidly attached to said superstructure frame;
• an interplanetary hub assembly disposed within said operating space and rigidly attached concentrically to said central drive shaft, said interplanetary hub assembly comprising a pair of end hub assemblies disposed parallel to each other;
• a plurality of planetary turbine structures, each rotatably attached to both end hub assemblies and rotatable about respective planetary axes;
• a plurality of pivot shafts, supported on said planetary turbine structures by bearing means, each of said pivot shafts having a respective pivot axis extending longitudinally therethrough;
• each planetary turbine structure further comprising a planetary gear said planetary gear being in geared communication with said sun gear such that when the interplanetary hub assembly is rotated one revolution about the central axis, each turbine structure is counter-rotated one revolution with respect to said planetary hub assembly and remains rotationally stationary with respect to the superstructure frame;
• a plurality of wings secured to said pivot shafts, each of said wings secured to an end portion of each of said pivot shafts, each of said wings extending in planes that pass through the respective pivot axis of their respective pivot shaft;
• said plurality of pivot shafts comprising paired pivot shafts extending in parallel relationship, one of said plurality of wings extending from each of said adjacent end portions of said paired pivot shafts and defining an adjacent pair of wings;
• said paired pivot shafts being reciprocally rotatable about their respective pivot axes from a drive position in which said adjacent pair of wings extend generally into a plane passing through said planetary axis and said pivot axes, to a glide position in which said adjacent pair of wings extend generally transverse to said plane.