Patent ID: 6978969

Claim:
A fly-drive vehicle, comprising: a vehicle body; a motor mounted on the vehicle body; at least one rotor rotatably attached to the vehicle body; a pair of wheels each rotatably attached to a lower portion of the vehicle body; a pair of landing gear assemblies, each attached to the vehicle body, and comprising: an outer post, wherein one of the pair of wheels is rotatably connected to the outer post; a pair of struts pivotally connected between the vehicle body and the outer post; and a hydraulic actuator pivotally connected between the vehicle body and the outer post, wherein the hydraulic actuator is pivotally connected between the vehicle body and an upper portion of the outer post; a means for raising and lowering the rotor with respect to the vehicle body; a drive propeller rotatably coupled to the vehicle body; a means for selectively transferring mechanical power from the motor to at least one of the pair of wheels or to the drive propeller; and a front wheel control mechanism.