Patent ID: 8827200

Claim:
A flying vehicle having a flying configuration and a road configuration, said vehicle comprising a body having the shape of an automobile or amphibious vehicle, said body defining a passenger compartment, at least one powered wheel for propelling the vehicle on land in said road configuration, at least two pairs of rotors for providing lift and propulsion to the vehicle in said flying configuration, said body further comprising a pair of side storage compartments, each of said storage compartments being adapted to house a pair of rotors when the rotors are not in operation, wherein each of the rotors can be moved between a stowed position inside a respective storage compartment and a deployed position outside said respective storage compartment, wherein when the rotors are in their stowed position, the rotors are in a vertical orientation, one pair of the rotors being stowed within each compartment, with one of the rotors behind the other in the lateral direction of the flying vehicle, and a pair of side doors hinged to body, said side doors being movable between an open door position permitting movement of the rotors between said stowed and deployed positions, a closed door position covering said compartments when the rotors are either stowed or deployed.