Patent ID: 8485464

Claim:
A personal aircraft comprising: a fuselage, having a longitudinal axis and a vertical axis; a forward wing coupled to the fuselage and located forward of a center of gravity of the aircraft; an aft wing coupled to the fuselage and located aft of the center of gravity of the aircraft; a port propulsion boom coupled to the fuselage and oriented substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis of the fuselage along its port side; a port propeller coupled to the port propulsion boom for providing forward thrust; a first plurality of rotors coupled to the port propulsion boom, the rotors of the first plurality arranged substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis of the fuselage, each rotor coupled to a motor, wherein each rotor provides thrust in a direction primarily along the vertical axis; a starboard propulsion boom coupled to the fuselage and oriented substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis of the fuselage along its starboard side; a starboard propeller coupled to the starboard propulsion boom for providing forward thrust; a second plurality of rotors coupled to the starboard propulsion boom, the rotors of the second plurality arranged substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis of the fuselage, each rotor coupled to a motor, wherein each rotor provides thrust in a direction primarily along the vertical axis; wherein each motor coupled to the plurality of rotors is adapted to be controlled independently of the other motors; and wherein at least one of the first plurality of rotors and at least one of the second plurality of rotors is coupled in an orientation to provide a non-zero component of thrust in a direction not on the vertical axis.