Patent ID: 6938852

Claim:
A flying vehicle assembly apparatus comprising: a winged flying craft for flying generally along a first axis and one or more first biased pivot connections cooperating therewith; a powered craft for traveling generally along a second axis generally coplanar with said first axis for propelling said flying craft; one or more second biased pivot connections cooperating with a tether assembly; a tether assembly comprising one or more first rigid struts having a first end pivotally secured to said one or more first biased pivot connections adjacent to said flying craft and a second end pivotally secured to one of said one or more second biased pivot connections, and one or more second rigid struts having a first end pivotally secured adjacent to said powered craft and a second end pivotally secured to a second biased pivot connection, whereby said first and second biased pivot connections urge said flying craft and said powered craft toward one another along said first and second axes, and whereby during flying operation the powered craft is generally forward of said flying craft; and wherein an underside of said flying craft is shaped to receive a portion of said powered craft in a nested position therewith; and wherein said first and second biased pivot connections are spring biased for urging said powered craft in nested position with said flying craft.