Patent ID: 7823827

Claim:
A rotary wing aircraft, the rotary wing aircraft comprising: a. a fuselage, said fuselage having a longitudinal axis; b. an engine attached to said fuselage; c. at least one rotor connected to said fuselage and adapted for rotation, said at least one rotor having a selectable cyclic pitch and a selectable collective pitch, said at least one rotor being operatively connected to said engine, said at least one rotor being configured to apply selectably a lift to said fuselage; d. at least two vectored thrusters, said at least two vectored thrusters being arrayed in a spaced-apart relation on opposing sides of said fuselage generally transverse to said longitudinal axis, said at least two vectored thrusters being operably connected to said engine, said at least two vectored thrusters having a selectable tilt, said selectable tilt of said at least two vectored thrusters defining a first position and a second position with respect to said fuselage, each of said at least two vectored thrusters having a propeller, each said propeller having a propeller axis of rotation, said propeller axis of rotation of each of said vectored thrusters being oriented generally parallel to said fuselage longitudinal axis when each said vectored thruster is in said first position.