Horizontal Or Vertical Take-off Or Landing (HOVTOL) aircraft

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A semiautonomous directed, autonomously controlled, gyroscopically stabilized, horizontal, or vertical take off or landing (HOVTOL) aircraft.

The aircraft employs two vertical lift fans in it�s aerodynamic �lifting body� fuselage. The vertical lift fans are equally and longitudinally spaced from the center of gravity of the aircraft for all vertical lift. The vertical lifting system is integrated with optional configurations for a tractor fan, a pusher fan or a pusher-tractor fan combination for horizontal propulsion.

All of the aircraft�s vertical and horizontal propulsion is congruent with a single drive train, which affords design options for either single or multiple engine configurations. All of the aircraft�s propeller blades are incased to prevent accidents. All flight regimes are effected without rotation of the aircraft�s fuselage or propulsion system.

The aircraft�s autopilot system is interfaced to a patented semiautonomous flight director (SFD), which provides for ease of operation by a pilot with minimal to no prior flying skills in order to safely operate and fly the aircraft.

In summary, the combined affect of the HOVTOL aircraft and SFD inventions is to safely afford a novice user the utility to �safely� fly, land, and take-off horizontally like a conventional aircraft and at the user�s discretion likewise fly, land, take-off, and hover like a helicopter.

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Invention #10041
Date posted: 2007-01-06

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