Patent ID: 8774982

Claim:
A helicopter comprising: a central airframe having a plurality of modular components stacked in a vertical manner on each other; a component connecting mechanism which connects each of said modular vertical components to each other; a plurality of rotor assemblies extending from a plurality of arms connected to one of said plurality of modular components of said airframe, said rotor assemblies each having a rotor thereon with a plurality of rotor blades, said rotors each being mounted horizontally on an end of each of said plurality of arms, an arm connecting system comprising a plurality of connect/disconnect mechanisms disposed in one of said plurality of vertical layers of modular components and which allow each of said plurality of arms to be connected and disconnected to said central airframe, such that said rotors may be interchanged in number, wherein said rotors are interchanged in number by changing the one of said plurality of vertical layers of modular components with another of said plurality of vertical layers of modular components having disposed therein a different number of the plurality of connect/disconnect mechanisms; a plurality of landing gear extending from said airframe; and an autopilot disposed within said airframe; wherein said autopilot receives wireless instructions for helicopter control, from at least one of a first wireless communication transmitter/receiver disposed in the airframe of the helicopter, said first wireless communication transmitter/receiver that transmits and receives wireless instructions from a ground station unit, or a second wireless transmitter/receiver disposed in the helicopter, that transmits and receives wireless instructions from a hand-held remote control unit.