Ducted fan vertical take-off and landing vehicle
First Claim
1. A vertical take-off and landing vehicle comprising:
- (a) a fuselage forming a passenger compartment or mount and having a four sides, including a front side, a rear side and two lateral sides, said fuselage defining a central longitudinal axis of said vehicle;
(b) four thruster units capable of providing both vertical lift and horizontal thrust to said vertical take-off and landing vehicle, said thrusters being located around said fuselage as such, a front thruster unit located in front of said fuselage, a left thruster unit located to the left of said fuselage, a right thruster unit located to the right of said fuselage, and a rear thruster unit located to the rear of said fuselage. Said thruster units being movable between a first position in which they provide vertical lift and a second position in which they provide horizontal thrust.
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Abstract
A vertical take-off and landing vehicle comprised of a fuselage having a front, a rear, and two lateral sides and a set of four thrusters set to the front, the left, the right, and the rear of said fuselage. The thrusters are either independently powered thrusters or could utilize a single power source. The thrusters, which are ducted fan units capable of providing a vertically upward force to the aircraft, are provided with such redundancy that the aircraft can hover with up to two thrusters inoperative. The thrusters are comprised of a set of two counter rotating propellers both of which creates lift. The two counter rotating propellers cancel out the torque effect normally created by using only one propeller. The Ducted fan units being movable between a first position in which they provide vertical lift and a second position in which they provide horizontal thrust using a set of servos and gears.
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1. A vertical take-off and landing vehicle comprising:
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(a) a fuselage forming a passenger compartment or mount and having a four sides, including a front side, a rear side and two lateral sides, said fuselage defining a central longitudinal axis of said vehicle;
(b) four thruster units capable of providing both vertical lift and horizontal thrust to said vertical take-off and landing vehicle, said thrusters being located around said fuselage as such, a front thruster unit located in front of said fuselage, a left thruster unit located to the left of said fuselage, a right thruster unit located to the right of said fuselage, and a rear thruster unit located to the rear of said fuselage. Said thruster units being movable between a first position in which they provide vertical lift and a second position in which they provide horizontal thrust. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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