An aircraft having two or more pairs of airfoils, each airfoil having an embedded vertical thruster, and provided with two horizontal thrusters, is described. The vertical thrusters provide sufficient lift to permit the aircraft to perform vertical takeoffs and landings, and the horizontal thrusters accelerate the aircraft to a speed at which the airfoils provide most or all of the lift required to maintain altitude. Methods of controlling the attitude and motions of the craft, via the conversion of a pilot's inputs into differential thruster speeds by a PID flight controller, are provided.


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    Title :

    FLIGHT CONTROL OF LIFT PLUS CRUISE QUADCOPTER AIRCRAFT


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    Publication date :

    2025-08-07


    Type of media :

    Patent


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English


    Classification :

    IPC:    B64C AEROPLANES , Flugzeuge / B64D Ausrüstung für Flugzeuge , EQUIPMENT FOR FITTING IN OR TO AIRCRAFT



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