Patent ID: 7980510
Filing Date: 2011-07-19
Classification: A63H,B64C,Y10S

Abstract:
1. An unmanned airplane that may be carried by a single person and having a longitudinal axis comprising: a main wing having an aerodynamic surface and no tail; a left flap and a right flap for an attitude control on the left and right sides of the trailing edge of the main wing; and at least two propulsion units each having a motor and a propeller and mounted on a top surface of the front of the main wing, with the propeller positioned in front of the leading edge of the main wing, with each propulsion unit creating a wake flow over a top surface of the main wing: wherein the airplane is unmanned and capable of landing on water, and the propulsion units are adapted to create thrust with the propellers of the propulsion units rotating in the same direction and having generally parallel rotation axes each oriented at a fixed angle with respect to the longitudinal axis of the airplane in the horizontal plane, such that the rotation axes are not parallel to the longitudinal axis of the airplane.