摘要 |
A vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) aircraft has a discus-shaped fuselage with a plurality of angularly equispaced lift-generating assemblies. Each assembly comprises a rotor above or flush with the fuselage, a compressor in the fuselage drawing air in from above, and a nozzle below the fuselage for expelling the air from the compressor in a jet. The nozzles can be rotated to point in any direction. Thus, according to the settings of the nozzles, the aircraft can rise or sink vertically and move in any horizontal direction.
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