Patent ID: 7274978

Claim:
A miniature, unmanned aircraft having a fuselage, a wing fixed to said fuselage, a reciprocating piston internal combustion engine supported on said aircraft, a propeller drivably connected to said engine, control surfaces operably attached to said aircraft and a servomechanism operably connected to each said control surface, a microprocessor carried aboard said aircraft, for managing flight control, a radio frequency receiver carried aboard said aircraft and connected to said microprocessor, and a data handling apparatus carried aboard said aircraft; and an electrical power supply system for supplying electrical power to said microprocessor, said radio frequency receiver, said data handling apparatus, and each said servomechanism, comprising a generator carried aboard said aircraft and driven by said engine, having an electrical output, and a battery pack having battery terminals, and electrical conductors disposed to electrically connect said microprocessor, said radio frequency receiver, said data handling apparatus, and each said servomechanism to said output of said generator and also to said battery terminals, wherein gross weight of said aircraft is limited to fifty-five pounds.