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7520466 Gyro-stabilized air vehicle  
A vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) air vehicle disclosed. The air vehicle can be manned or unmanned. In one embodiment, the air vehicle includes two shrouded propellers, a fuselage and a...
7185848 Mass transfer system for stabilizing an airship and other vehicles subject to pitch and roll moments  
The invention relates to a mechanism to control the pitch and/or roll and/or center of gravity of a vehicle. The first embodiment is a track-based mass transfer system in which pathways are...
6913228 Aircraft with active center of gravity control  
A supersonic aircraft comprises a wing, a fuselage, a plurality of fuel tanks contained within the wing and/or fuselage, and a fuel transfer system communicatively coupled to the plurality of fuel...
6742741 Unmanned air vehicle and method of flying an unmanned air vehicle  
An unmanned air vehicle includes a singular rear landing gear wheel on the aft end of the fuselage. Port and starboard wings with rear facing propellers are retractable to the aft of the fuselage....
6685137 Flight control system for an aircraft  
The invention provides an aircraft having a flight control system ( 20 ) comprising an aerodynamic lift generator, and a control system in use the lift provided by the lift generator. The lift...
6666405 Adjustable weight ballasts for weighing down differently sized lighter-than-air balloons  
An adjustable weight ballast for lighter-than-air balloon with a predetermined lift is disclosed, comprising at least two individual weights. There is a first means on each individual weight 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...
6540178 Solar cell array orientation in an airship  
An airship ( 1 ) comprising gas envelope means for providing in use a hull ( 2 ) with a generally longitudinally extending longitudinal axis ( 20 ) and solar cell array means ( 3 ) arranged in use...
6138943 Foldable ascending/descending wing stand for flying apparatus  
A fordable ascending/descending wing stand for a flying apparatus is disclosed. The wind stand includes a base supported on a car by a number of supporting rods. A frame is mounted on the base,...
5597141 Efficient mass translation device  
A dynamic balance mechanism for balance control of a gyro stabilized (spinning) satellite is disclosed. An elongated gear rack is attached to the spacecraft. A movable mass is mounted by guide...
5349915 Submersible trim system  
A trim system for a submersible comprises a ball control system and a hydraulic control system. The ball control system includes a tubular ball transfer line 33 substantially through the length of...
5199667 Balancing device for air floaters  
An air floater comprises a balloon body which seals a gas therein and balancing means detachably attached to the balloon body. The balloon body comprises a film composed of a central layer made of...
5058834 Liquid balance control for spinning spacecraft  
The balance of a spin-balanced spacecraft may be dynamically adjusted by moving a liquid between or among containers spaced about the spin axis. The transfer of liquid is accomplished by...
5042748 Hot air rescue balloon  
A rescue balloon for rescuing individuals from high places such as towers and building includes an enclosed envelope for holding heated air under substantially greater than atmospheric pressure...
5020740 Pitch control trimming system for canard design aircraft  
A pitch control trimming system for a canard design aircraft has the ability to reposition the center of gravity of the aircraft along the longitudinal axis. The design permits trimming of the...
4911383 Kite  
The invention provides a kite, particularly an article dropping kite, consisting of a kite body, which usually is provided with a downwardly-extending kite keel to which is connected the kite...
4865274 Passive control assembly for gliding device  
A towable gliding flexible wing craft for hauling a payload including a passive control means for responding to deviations from level flight. The gliding wing craft comprises a gliding flexible...
4787573 Aircraft with rotary wings  
Aircraft with rotary wings, characterized in that it comprises a nacelle (1) surrounding the user who seats on a seat (9) slidingly arranged in the medial plane of said nacelle, substantially in...
4607811 Propulsion unit for hang glider type aircraft, and aircraft fitted with the propulsion unit  
An aircraft of the hang glider type includes a wing (11) with a keel (12) in its plane of symmetry serving as a fastening point for a trapeze and a harness by which the pilot is suspended below the...
4428550 Vibration-insulating stability improving torque force device  
A conventional aircraft having horizontal stabilizers and hinged elevators, which is controlled, preferably, through push-pull rods, is provided with a dynamic torque (bob) weight connected to a...
4307856 Annular wing  
An annular wing particularly suited for use in supporting in flight an aircraft characterized by the absence of directional stabilizing surfaces. The wing comprises a rigid annular body of a...
4261536 Device for controlling the operating cycles of models  
A device for controlling the movements or operating cycles of models, for example, model airplanes, model ships, kites, etc., which are driven by a drive motor is provided which includes a screw...
4215832 Inverted cone aircraft  
An aircraft is disclosed which includes a body having the shape of an inverted cone with a downwardly extending rim formed about the edge thereof and a triangularly shaped tail section. The...
4194317 Remotely controlled aircraft  
The invention is particularly adapted, but not limited to, control of hand-launched gliders. A weight or mass is suspended in the manner of a pendulum below the aircraft. The weight is controllable...
4014280 Attitude control system for seagoing vehicles  
A tube with weights slidably located inside and apparatus to remotely conl their position and thereby change the vehicle's center of gravity. The tube is rigidly attached to the vehicle with its...
3985320 Platform stabilizing systems  
Apparatus for stabilizing a platform characterized by a frame carrying a stabilizing gyroscope that includes a substantially horizontal rotor with its shaft fixed with respect to the frame so as to...
3916810 Stabilizing means for air or water borne vehicles  
A stabilizer having a pair of axially aligned, oppositely threaded screws fixed relative to a vehicle; a free frame mounted coaxially of said screws and surrounding the same; arms depending from...
3677188 STABILIZING MONORAIL VEHICLE  
A vehicle for a monorail system wherein the vehicle straddles and freely turns about the rail either directly in the case of a cylindrical monorail or by means of specially designed running gear...
3635429 AIRCRAFT VIBRATION COMPENSATION SYSTEM  
Apparatus is disclosed that minimizes the effect of rotor blade induced vibratory disturbances at the pilot's seat and in the cabin of an aircraft. The apparatus generates a reciprocating force...
3537669 MANNED DISC-SHAPED FLYING CRAFT  
3489374 AIR-GROUND VEHICLE  
3432120 AIRCRAFT  
3351306 Portable ballast bags  
3226062 Oscillation damping system  
3194512 Jet-wing aircraft  
3140842 Flexible wing aircraft  
3103330 Rapid harness adjustment system for balloons  
2973162 Attitude control system for space vehicles  
2963245 Optimum flight equilibrium system  
2960294 Control apparatus  
2936137 Airplane balancing device  
2916232 Movable ballast system for aircraft  
2913196 Vertical take-off airplane  
2857122 Attitude control system  
2856142 Orientation control for a space vehicle  
2823880 Aircraft fuel load center of gravity control means  
2807428 Aircraft with enclosed rotor  
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