Homeostatic flying hovercraft

摘要

A homeostatic flying hovercraft preferably utilizes at least two pairs of counter-rotating ducted fans to generate lift like a hovercraft and utilizes a homeostatic hover control system to create a flying craft that is easily controlled. The homeostatic hover control system provides true homeostasis of the craft with a true fly-by-wire flight control and control-by-wire system control.

主权项

1. A radio controlled (RC) flying hovercraft controlled by a handheld RC controller separate and remote from the RC flying hovercraft, the RC flying hovercraft comprising:
a set of thrusters, each thruster including at least one blade driven by an electrically powered motor, that provide aerodynamic lift for the RC flying hovercraft; a battery system positioned in the flying hovercraft and electrically coupled to the set of thrusters; a homeostatic control system positioned in the RC flying hovercraft and operably connected to the thrusters that automatically controls a thrust produced by each thruster in order to automatically maintain a desired orientation of the RC flying hovercraft, the homeostatic control system including at least a three dimensional, three-axis sensor system and associated control circuitry that dynamically determines a gravitational reference other than by dead reckoning alone for use by the homeostatic control system in automatic control of said thrusters to maintain homeostatic stabilization in the desired orientation; and a radio frequency (RF) receiver positioned in the RC flying hovercraft and adapted to receive communications from the RC controller, the communications including the desired orientation of the RC flying hovercraft used by the homeostatic control system to automatically control the thrusters to maintain the desired orientation, wherein the desired orientation communicated by the RC controller is determined based on a handheld structure housing a sensor system in the RC controller that senses at least a two dimensional, two-axis sensed orientation of the handheld structure as a result of a user remote from the RC flying hovercraft selectively orienting the handheld structure, whereby an actual moment-to-moment orientation of the RC flying hovercraft mimics a corresponding moment-to-moment positioning of the RC controller based on the two dimensional, two-axis sensed orientation of the RC controller.