Patents Assigned to Paul B. MacCready, Jr.
  • Lightweight aircraft
    Patent number: 4206892
    Abstract: An efficient aircraft utilizes a stabilizer spaced from a fixed wing, and supported for controlled rolling about an axis extending generally in a forward direction, to control aircraft yaw. The stabilizer extends generally horizontally in straight forward flight. Pitch of the stabilizer is also controlled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 1978
    Date of Patent: June 10, 1980
    Assignee: Paul B. MacCready, Jr.
    Inventors: Paul B. MacCready, Jr., Peter B. S. Lissaman, James D. Burke