Patent ID: 7642491

Claim:
An aircraft comprising a tube, which tube encircles part of the aircraft and is able to rotate relative to the encircled part of the aircraft, and said tube comprises a means to cause rotation of the tube relative to the encircled part of the aircraft, and which tube comprises a plurality of means for producing thrust, with at least one means for producing thrust connected to the tube such that the at least one means for producing thrust is able to be rotated in a pivoting manner relative to the tube, and with at least one additional means for producing thrust connected to the tube such that the at least one additional means for producing thrust is able to be rotated in a pivoting manner relative to the tube, and which said aircraft comprises a means to rotate the at least one means for producing thrust in a pivoting manner relative to the tube and a means to rotate the at least one additional means for producing thrust in a pivoting manner relative to the tube such that the at least one means for producing thrust can be rotated in a pivoting manner relative to the tube in a same direction as a direction of rotation in a pivoting manner of the at least one additional means for producing thrust relative to the tube.