Patent ID: 8690096

Claim:
An aircraft capable of rotor sustained vertical flight and wing sustained horizontal flight, said aircraft comprising: a front wing with a planform area, a wing span, and backward sweep; a rear wing featuring a wing span a W-shaped leading edge and a W-shaped trailing edge, said leading edge and trailing edge defining a W-shaped plan form, wherein area of the W-shaped plan form is larger than the area of said plan form of the front wing, a wing span that is larger than the wing span of the front wing, wherein the wing span of the rear wing is larger than the wing span of the front wing; a first streamlined body that (a) is longitudinally oriented between the front and rear wings and (b) supports a first rotor; a second streamlined body that (a) is longitudinally oriented between the front and rear wings and (b) supports a second rotor; said first and second stream lined bodies located on lateral portions of said front and back wings; and, said first and second streamlined bodies having a longitudinal length between said front and back wings, wherein said first and second rotors feature a diameter approximately equal to the longitudinal length of said first and second streamlined bodies.