公开(公告)号：EP1924494A4

公开(公告)日：2010-08-25

申请号：EP06748262

申请日：2006-02-27

申请人： MOLNARI INC

发明人： MOLNAR DEZSO ,  CALFEE CRAIG ,  GARAMSZEGI ZOLTAN

IPC分类号： B64C37/00 ,  B64C27/02

CPC分类号： B64C35/001 ,  B62K13/00 ,  B64C27/02 ,  B64C35/008 ,  B64C37/00

摘要： A vehicle that can operate as either a motorcycle or an autogiro, said vehicle having a flight mode and a motorcycle mode, said vehicle comprising: a frame having a front part and a rear part; a center-line that passes from the front of said vehicle to the rear of said vehicle through the center of said vehicle such that said vehicle's weight is distributed nearly equally to either side of said center-line; a propeller mounted to a propeller barrel that is rotatably mounted to said frame such that the junction where said frame's front part meets said frame's rear part is located within said propeller barrel; an engine mounted to the rear part of said frame, wherein said engine powers said propeller in said flight mode; a cockpit fixedly mounted to the front part of said frame, said cockpit comprising means for controlling said vehicle; at least one aircraft lift means comprising: at least one rotor that is rotatably mounted to said frame when said vehicle is in said flight mode; a front wheel steerably and rotatably mounted to the front part of said frame along the said vehicle's center-line; and a rear wheel that is rotatably mounted to the rear part of said frame along said vehicle's center-line and is powered by said engine in said motorcycle mode.