Patent ID: 7874513
Filing Date: 2011-01-25
Classification: B64C

Abstract:
1. An aircraft comprising: a fuselage having a longitudinal axis, a front portion, a middle portion, and a rear portion; a canard wing extending from said front portion of said fuselage, said canard wing having a left end and a right end; a main wing extending from said middle portion of said fuselage; a tail section extending from said rear portion of said fuselage; a first propeller rotatably mounted to said left end of said canard wing; a second propeller rotatably mounted to said right end of said canard wing; a third propeller rotatably mounted on a left side of said rear portion of said fuselage; a fourth propeller rotatably mounted on a right side of said rear portion of said fuselage; said first and second propellers being mounted further from said longitudinal axis than said third and fourth propellers; a first engine disposed in said front portion of said fuselage, said first engine comprising a first double-ended driveshaft having a first axis of rotation oriented transverse to said longitudinal axis of said fuselage, said first double-ended driveshaft comprising a continuous driveshaft extending from said first propeller to said second propeller; and a second engine disposed in said rear portion of said fuselage, said second engine comprising a second double-ended driveshaft having a second axis of rotation oriented transverse to said longitudinal axis of said fuselage, said second double-ended driveshaft comprising a continuous driveshaft extending from said third propeller to said fourth propeller.