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Miniature vertical takeoff and landing aircraft

  • US 6,550,715 B1
  • Filed: 12/07/2001
  • Issued: 04/22/2003
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/07/2001
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A vertical takeoff and landing aircraft comprising:

  • a support structure;

    a motor mounted vertically to said support structure, said motor having a propeller for rotation in a horizontal plane;

    a power supply for said motor mounted to said support structure below said motor;

    a plurality of fins having first and second ends, said first ends attached to said power supply, said plurality of fins extending radially outward from said power supply and equally spaced from each other;

    vertical posts having first and second ends, said first ends of said vertical posts directly attached to said second ends of said plurality of fins and extending upward;

    a ring mounted horizontally to said second ends of said plurality of vertical posts in proximity to the rotational plane of and surrounding said propeller.

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