Patent ID: 8251305

Claim:
An aircraft, comprising: a fuselage; a landing gear assembly attached to the fuselage; a tail fin assembly attached to the fuselage; and a variable incident wing assembly pivotally attached to the fuselage by being capable of pivoting about a pivot axis, the variable incident wing assembly comprising: wing members pivotally connected to the fuselage, the wing members having a wing chord; engines fixedly mounted to the wing members; a mast attached to each engine via a transmission, each mast being fixed at an angle relative to the wing chord of the wing members, the mast being fixedly positioned relative the wing members such that when the wing chord is oriented substantially horizontal, the mast is tiltedly positioned forward from vertical at said angle, but when the mast is oriented vertically, the wing chord is rotationally oriented upward by said angle from horizontal; and a rotor attached to each mast.