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  • Patent number: 4473199
    Abstract: A one-man helicopter comprising a fuselage having a rotor shaft attached thereto but offset therefrom, rotor blades having rocket engines in the tips thereof, a hub on the shaft and means on the hub between the rotor blades and the rotor shaft to change the vertical displacement of the rotor blades, said means comprising a housing pivotable about a hinged joint; the outer portion of the housing is a swash plate which is rotatable about the rotor shaft, and linkages interconnect the swash plate and the rotor blades.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 1984
    Date of Patent: September 25, 1984
    Assignee: Aerospace General Co.
    Inventor: Gilbert W. Magill