Patent ID: 7832297

Claim:
A propulsion system, comprising: an engine; and a rotating member rotatably engaging the engine and having a rotating member axis of rotation, wherein the rotating member comprises at least one drive member positioned around the circumference of the rotating member, the drive member has a drive member axis of rotation, the drive member includes a gyroscope having a gyroscopic axis of rotation, the drive member has an unlocked state in which the drive member rotates freely and applies substantially no torque to the rotating member and a locked state in which the drive member does not rotate freely and applies a torque to the rotating member, the drive member axis of rotation is substantially parallel to the rotating member axis of rotation, the gyroscopic axis of rotation is transverse to the rotating member axis of rotation, and a displacement force is controlled by controlling a rotation of the drive member about the drive member axis of rotation, whereby at a first time the drive member is in the unlocked state and at a second time the drive member is in the locked state to cause spatial displacement by the displacement force of a vehicle comprising the engine and rotating member.