Abstract: The invention relates to a propulsion device comprising a platform that is arranged so as to accommodate a passenger and cooperates with a thrust unit comprising a main nozzle, advantageously oriented from the bow to the stern of the device, and two secondary nozzles that are lateral and are positioned essentially at the bow of the propulsion device. The secondary nozzles are mounted so as to be mobile about a transverse axis so as to be moved by actuators controlled by a processing unit that implements a method for controlling the secondary nozzles, thus providing automatic control assistance to the passenger.

Abstract: A propulsion device includes a platform with a pair of elbowed tubular thrust nozzles respectively located on opposite sides of the platform. An input end of each nozzle is mounted to the platform and rotatable about a transverse axis that is normal to a longitudinal axis of the platform, and is connected to a source of pressurized fluid. A pair of actuators are respectively connected to the tubular nozzles to rotate the nozzles around the transverse axis and thereby change the orientation of output ends of the nozzles relative to the platform. A processor controls the position of the platform by activating the actuators to rotate the nozzles, and thereby change the direction of thrust emitted by the pressurized fluid at the output ends of the nozzles.

Abstract: The invention relates to a propulsion device comprising a platform that is arranged so as to accommodate a passenger and cooperates with a thrust unit comprising a main nozzle, advantageously oriented from the bow to the stern of the device, and two secondary nozzles that are lateral and are positioned essentially at the bow of the propulsion device. The secondary nozzles are mounted so as to be mobile about a transverse axis so as to be moved by actuators controlled by a processing unit that implements a method for controlling the secondary nozzles, thus providing automatic control assistance to the passenger.