VERTICAL TAKE-OFF AIR VEHICLE WITH BLENDED AIRFOIL FUSELAGE AND WINGS, object of this application, essentially consists of a fixed-wing aircraft comprised of an airfoil-shaped fuselage (02) with four wings (10) shaped by the same airfoil. Accordingly, the fuselage has an aerodynamic wing behavior contributing to lift and minimizing drag of the aircraft, which provides greater payload and greater flight autonomy, in addition to good flight safety due to gliding during the horizontal flight. On each wing tip there is installed a thruster (35) (electric, ducted fan, turbojet/fan, or even a propeller) capable of turning, tilting longitudinally relative to the shaft of the aircraft, independently, by means of a rotary control system of the thrusters (35). This system is comprised of a driveshaft (34) installed on each wing and its corresponding electric motor (30). The thrusters (35) are all identical in performance, weight, and size, as a form of minimizing manufacturing costs, but the thrusters of the wings to the left rotate in a counter direction to those of the wings to the right to stabilize (neutralize) the wing tip vortex effect and torque due to the rotary moments caused by the rotary set of each thruster. A single control center commands both the rotation of the thrusters and the traction thereof, providing total control of the aircraft by vectoring and rotation, without the need to use control surfaces. The present model is innovative in its design generated from an airfoil that blends the entire fuselage and wings, presenting a hybrid behavior, as it performs the tasks of a VTOL vehicle, of a helicopter, as well as a conventional fixed-wing aircraft, being versatile in its abilities of vertical landing/take-off, gliding, vertical flight forwards and backwards, and horizontal flight with maximum economy.

A propulsion device, including a platform configured to support a passenger thereon; a thrust engine coupled to the platform, wherein the thrust engine is configured to provide a thrust output substantially along a first axis; a deflector assembly positioned proximate the thrust output, wherein the deflector assembly includes two deflecting guides to divert the thrust output into at least two thrust vectors angled with respect to the first axis; an actuator coupled to each deflecting guide to controllably adjust a position of the deflecting guides with respect to the thrust engine; and a controller in communication with the actuator, wherein the controller is configured to operate the actuator in response to one or more signals from at least one of the passenger and a sensor coupled to the platform.

A tail section (251) for an aerospace vehicle is provided. The tail section (251) comprises a rudder (253) which is movable about an axis to generate a yawing moment on the aerospace vehicle. The tail section (251) further comprises a thruster (257) having, in flow series, an air intake, an electrically powered device for accelerating the air received through the intake, and an air outlet which directs the accelerated air to increase the yawing moment generated by the rudder (253).

A superagile tactical fighter aircraft has articulatable air inlets (13), articulatable exhaust nozzles (14), highly deflectable canard surfaces (19), and control thruster jets (22) located around the nose (11) of the fuselage, on the top and bottom surfaces of the propulsion system near the exhaust nozzles, and on both sides of at least one vertical tail (20). The superagile aircraft attains supernormal flight by articulating the air inlets and exhaust nozzles, deflecting the canard surfaces, and vectoring the thruster jets. Supernormal flight may be defined as flight at which the superagile aircraft operates at an angle of attack much greater than the angle of attack which produces maximum lift. In supernormal flight, the superagile aircraft is capable of almost vertical ascents, sharp turns, and very steep descents without losing control.