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Document Number
US Patent 5996933
Issued Date
December 7, 1999
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Schier; Johannes (D-53604 Bad Honnef,DE)
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For an aircraft (1) having a balancing torque and including a motor-driven propeller (5) arranged on a central axis (3), and a useful load container (6), a solution should be provided which would insure that the aircraft is capable of carrying useful loads in a stable flying attitude and with simple control means. This is achieved by that the central propeller (5) driven by the drive motor (4), on one hand, and relative thereto, the motor (4) and/or torque-balancing means arranged thereon, on the other hand, are rotatable in opposite directions and together are supported for rotation relative to the useful load container. At that, the drawing figure to be published: FIG. 1.
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Published
December 7, 1999
Application Number
09/068,067
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April 28, 1998
US Classification
244/17.11   244/17.19 244/17.21
Int'l Classification
B64C   27/00   (20060101)   B64C   39/00   (20060101)   B64C   39/02   (20060101)   B64C   39/06   (20060101)   B64C   27/10   (20060101)  
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Priority Data
Oct 28, 1995 [DE] 195 40 272
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244/17.19   244/17.21   244/7A   244/17.11   244/23C  
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