Timothy A Worley

US Patent:

20070262195, Nov 15, 2007

Filed:

May 9, 2007

Appl. No.:

11/746628

Inventors:

Robert Bulaga - Folsom CA, US
Timothy Worley - Sunnyvale CA, US

International Classification:

B64C 29/00

US Classification:

244 124

Abstract:

Disclosed is a remotely controlled aircraft configured to vertically take-off and land. The aircraft includes a pair of propulsion devices that are mounted on an airframe above the level of the center of gravity. A set of control devices are mechanically linked to the propulsion devices for varying the orientation of the propulsion devices during flight. Roll right-left fan speeds up, right fan slows down; Roll left-left fan slows down, right fan speeds up; Pitch forward/aft both fans move forward or aft; Yaw-one fan moves forward one fan moves back depending on the direction CW or CCW; Change altitude—both fans speed up or slow down.