| 摘要 |
A flying toy apparatus comprises a housing 4 with drive means, such as a motor, provided for driving rotation of rotary means, such as propeller blades or rotor 8, associated with said housing 4. Vanes 10 are associated with said housing and the vanes 10 rotate in a counter direction to the rotation of said rotor 8, in use. The vanes 10 are arranged substantially vertically in use. The vanes 10 allow the toy to self stabilise during flight, using the downdraft of the rotor 8. The vanes 10 may be offset from the centre of the apparatus. Preferably, there are four vanes 10, which are arranged perpendicularly to each other with one end of each vane 10 abutting one of the other vanes 10, the vanes 10 forming a square-shaped aperture. The rotor 8 may be positioned at the base or a lower section of the housing 4 and partially enclosed by the lower edge of the vanes 10. One of the vanes 10 preferably has a protrusion (38, Fig 4) used to give directional stimulus to the toy and can be used to control the direction of flight of the toy by pulsing the motor. The toy may be remotely controlled and can use a LED beacon on the housing 4 in conjunction with a user remote control to control the direction of travel. |
