Patent ID: 7159817

Claim:
A vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) aircraft, comprising a fuselage; a forward and an aft wing on each side of the fuselage, a plurality of spars on at least one side of the fuselage; each spar having one end attached to one of the forward wings and the other end of each spar attached to at least one of the aft wings, a plurality of vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) cells attached directly to, and in a spaced relationship along each of said spars, each of said VTOL cells further comprising a motor, a motor controller, and a low inertia fixed pitched two blade propeller; at least one forward thruster; at least one power source connected to each VTOL cell motor and to said at least one forward thruster; wherein the VTOL cells are retractable within the spars in order to take on an aerodynamic configuration.