Patent ID: 7147182

Claim:
According to the present invention, there is provided a gas-powered tip-jet-driven tilt-rotor compound aircraft, in hereinafter known as said aircraft, comprising: a.) a fuselage; b.) a fixed wing having an outer portion and a central portion with the central portion fixed to said fuselage resulting in two half-wings projecting to either sided from said fuselage; c.) one or more engines with means for providing compressed gases to a manifold equipped with valves for the control and distribution of said gases to: 1.) one or more multiple-flow thrust generators comprising: (a) a rotor carried by a supporting structure with means for changing the orientation of said rotor between a first mode wherein the plane of rotation of said rotor is in a first position for vertical and hover operations, and a second mode wherein the plane of rotation of said rotor is in a second position for horizontal flight operations; (b) said rotor having a plurality of blades, each having a tip, a root and a trailing edge, said root being rigidly fixed to a hub wherein said blades are permitted to rotate about their span axis for collective pitch control, wherein said rotor contains an entrance and a path for compressed gases to flow from said supporting structure in communication with said manifold to a tip-jet on each of said blades; (c) a jet exhaust with means for propelling said aircraft in horizontal flight.