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7506837 Inbound transition control for a tail-sitting vertical take off and landing aircraft  
A system for controlling inbound transition of an aircraft includes a fuselage and first and second freewings pivotably mounted on opposing sides thereof. The system includes an airspeed sensor...
7472862 Rotating blade aircraft control system  
In a preferred embodiment, an apparatus, including: an aircraft having rotatable blades; and the rotatable blades are movable between horizontal and vertical positions.
7441724 System and method for controlling a roll rate of a torsionally-disconnected freewing aircraft  
An aircraft includes a fuselage, and first and second freewings. Each of the first and second freewings is separately mounted to the fuselage and independently freely pivotable about respective...
7226017 Aerodynamically stable, high-lift, vertical takeoff aircraft  
In a preferred embodiment, a vertical takeoff aircraft body having an inverted hemispherical upper portion, a generally cylindrical lower portion with a diameter of its upper end slightly greater...
7118066 Tall V/STOL aircraft  
A vertical or short takeoff and landing (V/STOL) airplane is described having a vertical form factor. Making the airplane tall has many advantages when operating in hover mode close to the ground....
7044422 Gyrostabilized self propelled aircraft  
An unmanned air vehicle comprises a fuselage that defines aerodynamic flight surfaces, an engine mounted to the fuselage having an engine shaft arranged to rotate about a longitudinal axis with...
6854686 VTOL aircraft  
VTOL aircraft comprising a first and a second ducted rotor positioned at the ends of a vertical fuselage and whose propellers are driven to rotate in mutually opposite directions. Control flaps for...
6634593 Remote controlled aircraft, in particular for surveillance or inspection  
The invention concerns a remote-controlled flying machine, in particular for surveillance and inspection, capable of hovering and comprising a spherical open-worked resistant shroud integral with a...
6561455 Vertical take-off and landing, aerodynamically self-sustained horizontal flight hybrid aircraft  
An vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) and horizontal flight (HF) aircraft has a fuselage with wings providing lift during horizontal flight, a rotor on the nose of the fuselage that is stowable...
6550715 Miniature vertical takeoff and landing aircraft  
A vertical takeoff and landing aircraft is disclosed that includes a support structure having a motor mounted vertically thereto, with the motor having a propeller for rotation in a horizontal...
6502787 Convertible vertical take-off and landing miniature aerial vehicle  
A vertical take-off and landing miniature aerial vehicle includes an upper fuselage segment and a lower fuselage segment that extend in opposite directions from a rotor guard assembly. A rotor...
6398157 Aircraft  
An aircraft capable of vertical take off and normal cruise flight has a fuselage and a pair of wings, the wings being movable relative to the fuselage from a rearwardly swept position to which the...
6086015 Aerial transport method and apparatus  
Apparatus for transporting a load between source and destination locations, comprising an aircraft having a body, power plant carried by the body to drive the aircraft both generally vertically and...
RE36487 Airplane with variable-incidence wing  
The craft is for hovering flight, vertical takeoff and landing, and horizontal forward flight. It has a tail-sitting fuselage and a ducted fan mounted to the fuselage aft to provide propulsion in...
5769359 Active feedback loop to control body pitch in STOL/VTOL free wing aircraft  
An aircraft control system for controlling an aircraft, particularly a free wing aircraft in low speed or hover regimes. An air speed sensor measures air speed of the aircraft and outputs an air...
5765783 Vertically launchable and recoverable winged aircraft  
A vertically launchable and recoverable winged aircraft includes an airframe, a least one proprotor connected to the airframe through a rotatable drive shaft, and collective and cyclic pitch...
5516060 Vertical take off and landing and horizontal flight aircraft  
The present invention pertains to an aircraft that is capable of converting between vertical flight or helicopter mode flight, and horizontal flight or airplane mode flight where a two-bladed rotor...
5507453 Gyro stabilized vectored thrust vertical takeoff or landing aircraft  
The thrust director assembly may include a thrust director cone with its apex oriented into the fan airstream and a larger thrust vectoring ring concentric with the director cone. The thrust...
5340057 Thrust vectoring free wing aircraft  
The VTOL aircraft includes a free wing having wings on opposite sides of the fuselage connected to one another for joint free rotation and for differential pitch settings under pilot, computer or...
5295643 Unmanned vertical take-off and landing, horizontal cruise, air vehicle  
An unmanned air vehicle capable of vertical take-off and landing, hovering and high-speed horizontal cruise flight. A forward centerbody houses an engine and carries a single rotor assembly having...
5289994 Equipment carrying remote controlled aircraft  
It works like a helicopter in vertical flight or like an airplane in horizontal flight, being able to land accurately on a small area. It is equipped with a rotor, a couple of wings fitted with...
5114096 Tail sitter airplane  
A tail sitter airplane will take off and land on its tail section, with its fuselage and nose pointed up. The airplane has a single driven propeller mounted to the nose section. Wings extend...
5062587 Landing gear for a tail sitting airplane  
A tail sitter aircraft of a type that takes off and lands on its tail section with the fuselage pointed vertically upward has landing gears located on its rearward end. Each of the landing gears is...
5056737 VTOL aircraft with movable undercarriage  
A vertical take-off and landing aircraft is configured so as to provide, when landing tail-first with its fuselage (1) in a generally vertical attitude, a touchdown area (21) at the tail of the...
4085912 Convertible airship  
A gondola, or cabin structure, is attached to a lighter-than-air gas-containing structure by mounting apparatus enabling rotation of the longitudinal axis of the gas-containing structure through...
4037807 Flight vehicle  
A flight vehicle comprises a vehicle body with a duct having a longitudinal axis extending through the body, and a fan for inducing a flow of ambient air through the duct from an inlet end to an...
3589646 VERTICAL TAKE-OFF AND LANDING AIRPLANE  
A vertical takeoff and landing airplane including a master body provided with a propelling mechanism, and a subordinate body suspended from the master body solely by a universal joint, whereby...
3420472 HELICOPTER HAVING IN HORIZONTAL FLIGHT THE CHARACTERISTICS OF AN AIRPLANE  
3356315 Aircraft  
3142455 Rotary vertical take-off and landing aircraft  
3120359 Aircraft with equi-spaced power plants  
3116040 Supersonic rotary wing platform  
3096952 Vertical take off aircraft  
3045953 Device for steering aircraft designed for vertical flight  
3036794 Aircraft  
2866608 Vertical-take-off type aircraft with jet driven rotor system  
2859003 Aerodyne  
2850250 Turbine powered convertible aircraft  
2837300 Vertical and horizontal flight aircraft  
2794609 Multiple brake system for aircraft  
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