Manned and unmanned aircraft
A manned or unmanned aircraft has a main body with a circular shape and a circular outer periphery. One or more rotor blades extend substantially horizontally outward from the main body at or about the circular outer periphery. In addition, one or more counter-rotation blades extend substantially horizontally outward from said main body at or about the circular outer periphery, but vertically offset from the main rotor blades.
1 . An aircraft comprising:
a main body having an outer side;
a thrust generator coupled to said main body and extending outward from said main body beyond the outer side of said main body to generate a thrust beyond the outer side of said main body; and
a direction regulator movably coupled to said main body to move between a first position at which said direction regulator avoids interference with the thrust, and a second position at which said direction regulator at least partially engages the thrust.
2 . The aircraft of claim 1 , wherein the thrust pushes on said direction regulator in the second position to tilt the aircraft toward said direction regulator in the second position.
3 . The aircraft of claim 2 , wherein said aircraft moves in the direction in which it is pushed by the thrust.
4 . The aircraft of claim 1 , wherein said direction regulator has an outer planar surface that in the second position is substantially orthogonal to the thrust direction.
5 . The aircraft of claim 1 , further comprising a drive assembly comprising:
a central shaft;
a mount rotatably coupled to said central shaft and coupled to said thrust generator;
a bearing fixedly coupled to said mount;
a platform fixedly coupled to said shaft;
a gear rotatably engaged with said bearing;
a motor or engine mounted to said platform and rotatably driving said gear to rotate said bearing, which rotates said mount and said thrust generator.
6 . The aircraft of claim 5 , wherein each of said mount, bearing, platform and gear have a planar surface that are parallel to one another and orthogonal to a longitudinal axis of said central shaft, and the thrust direction.
7 . The aircraft of claim 1 , further comprising a movement mechanism coupled to said direction regulator configured to move said direction regulator between the first position and the second position.
8 . The aircraft of claim 1 , wherein said thrust generator comprises one or more rotating blades.
9 . The aircraft of claim 1 , wherein said direction regulator comprises a flat flap.
10 . The aircraft of claim 1 , wherein said direction regulator is coupled at the outer side of said main body.
11 . An aircraft comprising:
a main body having an outer side;
a thrust generator coupled to said main body and extending outward from said main body beyond the outer side of said main body to generate a thrust beyond the outer side of said main body; and
a plurality of direction regulators each separately and movably coupled to said main body;
a movement mechanism coupled to said plurality of direction regulators and configured to separately and independently move each of said plurality of direction regulators between a first position at which each of said plurality of direction regulators avoids interference with the thrust, and a second position at which each of said plurality of direction regulators at least partially engages the thrust.
12 . The aircraft of claim 11 , wherein the thrust pushes on each of said plurality of direction regulators in the second position to tilt the aircraft.
13 . The aircraft of claim 12 , wherein said aircraft moves in a desired direction in which it tilts.
14 . The aircraft of claim 11 , wherein said thrust generator comprises one or more rotating blades.
15 . The aircraft of claim 11 , wherein said plurality of direction regulator each comprises a flat flap.
16 . The aircraft of claim 11 , wherein said plurality of direction regulators are coupled at the outer side of said main body.